Matthew 19:11

But he said to them, Not all men can accommodate this saying, but to whom it has been given.

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In The King James Version

But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

In Context

10His disciples say to him, If the case of the man with his wife is this way, it is not advantageous to marry.

12For there are eunuchs who were born this way from their mother's belly, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs because of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.

1 Corinthians 7:7For I wish all men to be even as myself. However each man has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 7:35And I say this for your own benefit, not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for what is respectable and assiduous toward the Lord, undistracted.

Matthew Henry on Matthew 19:4-13

The Law of Divorce. 3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put… Read the whole commentary →

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