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


In Context

8 He said to them, |Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it has not been so.

9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.|

10 His disciples said to him, |If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.|

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

12 For there are eunuchs who were born 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 Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.|

13 Then little children were brought to him, that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

Matthew 19:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:11But he said unto them, All [men] cannot receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:11Jesus replied, "Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:11Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:11But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:11And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:11But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:11But he said to them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:11And he said to them, 'All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:11But he said to them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.