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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jesus talks about homosexuality indirectly:

Matthew 19:4–6
"4 He answered, “Have you not read that [b]he who created them from the beginning made them male and female[/b], 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate."

Matthew 15:19–20:
"19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

Notice that "adultery" and "sexual immorality" are separated.  In this case, what does "sexual immorality" refer to?  Who was Jesus addressing at the time? 
In Matthew 15, Jesus was addressing the Pharisees, and to them homosexuality was immoral.  So, one can conclude that "sexual immorality" here does include homosexuality.

Again, folks, you have to read the Bible versus within its context, who He was addressing.[/quote]

Jesus disagreed with the Pharisees about almost everything. Are you claiming that on this one issue, the definition of "sexual immorality," he was in complete agreement with them? On what basis do you make this claim?[/quote]

Oh, please, just because Jesus disagreed with the Pharisees numerous times, it doesn't mean he would disagree with them on this particular issue.  Good grief.  You're reaching.[/quote]

PP here.. and to add, if Jesus did disagree with the Pharisees on what "sexual immorality" meant, He would've called it out, like he always does.[/quote]

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