Matthew 19:11

But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Not everyone is able to accept this dvar torah, but rather those to whom it has been given.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

10Moshiachʼs talmidim say to him, If thus is the case of the man with the wife, nikhnas l'chuppah (to be wed) is not advantageous.

12For there are sarisim (eunuchs) who from the womb of their Em were born thus, and there are sarisim who were made sarisim by men, and there are sarisim who make sarisim of themselves for the sake of the Malchut HaShomayim. The one able to receive this, let him receive it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach answered them, Because to you it has been granted to have daas of the razim (mysteries) of the Malchut HaShomayim, but to those it has not been granted.

1 Corinthians 7:7But, I wish kol Bnei Adam even to be as I am; however, [this is impossible since] each has his own matanah (gift) from Hashem: one this; and another that.

1 Corinthians 7:35Now, this I say for your own benefit, not that I may throw a noose on your deror (freedom), + 7:35 Lv 25:10 but I speak with respect to what is decent, seemly, and sits well with Hashem, without distraction [in avodas kodesh]. + 7:35 Ps 86:11

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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