"But he said unto them, All {men} cannot receive this saying, save {they} to whom it is given." — Matthew 19:11

Matthew 19:11 · KJV

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

— Matthew 19:11

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with {his} wife, it is not good to marry.

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from {their} mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive {it}, let him receive {it}.

Matthew 19 — Context

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except {it be} for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with {his} wife, it is not good to marry.

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

Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put {his} hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:17

But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches.

Matthew 13:11

He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

1 Corinthians 7:7-9

For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1 Corinthians 7:35

And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.

1 Corinthians 7:2

Nevertheless, {to avoid} fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.