Matthew 19:11 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹¹ But He replied, “Not all men can accept such an arrangement [i.e., not marrying], but it is [only] for those who have the capacity for accepting it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ But He said to them, Not all men can accept this saying, but it is for those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

Common English Bible

¹¹ He replied, “Not everybody can accept this teaching, but only those who have received the ability to accept it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And he said to them: "Not everyone is able to grasp this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.

Matthew 19:11 Cross References

Matthew 13:11

He replied, “You disciples are being given an understanding of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but the crowds of people are not.

Matthew 19:10

His disciples [then] said to Jesus, “If this is the way it has to be between a man and his wife, it is not worth getting married.”

Matthew 19:12

For there are eunuchs [i.e., men who do not have normal sexual activity] who are born that way; then there are eunuchs who were made that way by undergoing a surgical operation; then there are [also] eunuchs who purposely chose to avoid normal sexual activity for the sake of [ministering in] the kingdom of heaven. Whoever can accept such an arrangement [i.e., of not marrying], should do so.”

1 Corinthians 7:17

Each person should live according to what the Lord has given him and in the state he was when God called him. And this is what I require in all the churches.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:35

Now I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to put [unreasonable] restrictions on you, but that you may do whatever is proper and devote yourselves to the Lord’s service without distraction.