Matthew 19:11 - 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.

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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.

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.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ But he said to them, “Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given.

Matthew 19:11 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 13:11

Responding, he said to them: "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but it has not been given to them.

Matthew 19:10

His disciples said to him, "If such is the case for a man with a wife, then it is not expedient to marry."

Matthew 19:12

For there are chaste persons who were born so from their mother's womb, and there are chaste persons who have been made so by men, and there are chaste persons who have made themselves chaste for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Whoever is able to grasp this, let him grasp it."

1 Corinthians 7:17

However, let each one walk just as the Lord has distributed to him, each one just as God has called him. And thus do I teach in all the churches.

1 Corinthians 7:2

But, because of fornication, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

1 Corinthians 7:35

Furthermore, I am saying this for your own benefit, not in order to cast a snare over you, but toward whatever is honest and whatever may provide you with the ability to be without hindrance, so as to worship the Lord.