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

matthew 19:11 But He said to them, "Not all men [can] accept this statement, but [only] those to whom it has been given.

11. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given--that is, "That the unmarried state is better, is a saying not for everyone, and indeed only for such as it is divinely intended for." But who are these? they would naturally ask; and this our Lord proceeds to tell them in three particulars.

matthew 19:11 But He said to them, "Not all men [can] accept this statement, but [only] those to whom it has been given.

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