Matthew 19:4-5
Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,
Mt 19:5 and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’
Leviticus 18:6-30
‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
Lev 18:7 “ ‘Do not dishonor your father w by having sexual relations with your mother. x She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
Lev 18:8 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; y that would dishonor your father. z
Lev 18:9 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, a either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere. b
Lev 18:10 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.
Lev 18:11 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
Lev 18:12 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; c she is your father’s close relative.
Lev 18:13 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, d because she is your mother’s close relative.
Lev 18:14 “ ‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt. e
Lev 18:15 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. f She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her. g
Lev 18:16 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; h that would dishonor your brother.
Lev 18:17 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. i Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
Lev 18:18 “ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister j as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
Lev 18:19 “ ‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness k of her monthly period. l
Lev 18:20 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife m and defile yourself with her.
Lev 18:21 “ ‘Do not give any of your children n to be sacrificed to Molech, o for you must not profane the name of your God. p I am the LORD. q
Lev 18:22 “ ‘Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; r that is detestable. s
Lev 18:23 “ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion. t
Lev 18:24 “ ‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you u became defiled. v
Lev 18:25 Even the land was defiled; w so I punished it for its sin, x and the land vomited out its inhabitants. y
Lev 18:26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. z The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things,
Lev 18:27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
Lev 18:28 And if you defile the land, a it will vomit you out b as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
Lev 18:29 “ ‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people.
Lev 18:30 Keep my requirements c and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God. d ’ ”