Matthew 19:11

He sayde vnto them: all me can not awaye with that sayinge save they to whom it is geve.

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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

10Then sayde his disciples to him: yf the mater be so betwene man and wyfe then is it not good to mary.

12Ther are chaste which were so borne out of their mothers belly. And ther are chaste which be made of men. And ther be chaste which have made them selves chaste for the kyngdome of heves sake. He that can take it let him take it.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:11He answered and sayde vnto them: it is geve vnto you to knowe ye secretes of the kyngdome of heve but to the it is not geve.

1 Corinthians 7:7For I wolde that all men were as I my selfe am: but every man hath his proper gyfte of God one after this maner another after that.

1 Corinthians 7:35This speake I for youre proffit not to tangle you in a snare: but for that which is honest and comly vnto you and that ye maye quyetly cleave vnto the lorde wt out separacion.

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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