Matthew 19:11

But Jesus said to them, “Not everyone can accept this teaching, but only those who are allowed to accept it.

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

In Context

10The disciples said to Jesus, “If that is the case of a man with his wife, it is not good to marry.”

12For there are eunuchs who were that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to receive this teaching, let him receive it.”

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11Jesus answered and said to them, “You have been given the privilege of understanding mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

1 Corinthians 7:7I wish that everyone were as I am. But each one has his own gift from God. One has this kind of gift, and another that kind.

1 Corinthians 7:35I say this for your own benefit, and not to put any constraint on you. I say this for what is right, so that you may be devoted to the Lord without any 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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