King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 19:11
“But he said unto them, ‹All› [men] ‹cannot receive this saying, save› [they] ‹to whom it is given.›”
Verse in context — Matthew 19
‹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.›
‹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].
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
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