Jesus pointed His hearers back to the marriage institution as ordained at creation.... Then marriage and the Sabbath had their origin, twin institutions for the glory of God in the benefit of humanity. Then, as the Creator joined the hands of the holy pair in wedlock, ... He enunciated the law of marriage for all the children of Adam to the close of time. That which the Eternal Father Himself had pronounced good was the law of highest blessing and development for man. Like every other one of God’s good gifts entrusted to the keeping of humanity, marriage has been perverted by sin; but it is the purpose of the gospel to restore its purity and beauty. {FLB 253.4}

Jesus viste sine tilhørere tilbage til ægteskabsinstitutionen som den var ved skabelsen. . . . Ægteskabet og sabbaten har deres oprindelse som tvilling-institutioner til Guds ære og til menneskenes bedste. Idet Skaberen forenede det hellige pars hænder i ægteskabet, formulerede han ægteskabsloven for alle Adams børn, til tidens ende. Det som den Evige Fader Selv erklærede for godt, blev loven til største velsignelse og udvikling for mennesker. Ligesom alle andre Guds gode gaver, som menneskene har fået betroet, er ægteskabet blevet fordærvet af synd; men det er evangeliets mål at genoprette dets renhed og skønhed.