Matthew 19:11

So He said to them: “Not all can assimilate this word, but those to whom it has been given.

Family 35 New Testament

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 that's the situation of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry!”

12For there are eunuchs who were born that way, from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were castrated by men; and there are eunuchs who castrated themselves for the sake of the kingdom of the heavens. He who is able to assimilate it, let him assimilate.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11So in answer He said to them: “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to them it has not been given.

1 Corinthians 7:7(though I wish that all men were even as I myself; but each has his own gift from God, one like this and one like that).

1 Corinthians 7:35I am saying this for your own profit, not to put a leash on you, but for what is appropriate, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.

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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