Matthew 19:11 · American Standard Version
Matthew 19:11 in the Original Greek
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Matthew 19:11 in Other Translations
| KJV | But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. |
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| WEB | But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. |
| ASV | But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given. |
| YLT | And he said to them, ‘All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been given; |
| WBT | But he said to them, All [men] cannot receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given. |
| DBY | And he said to them, All cannot receive this word, but those to whom it has been given; |
Commentary on Matthew 19:11
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · Matthew 19:11
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.
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Questions about Matthew 19:11
What does Matthew 19:11 say?
Matthew 19:11 in the American Standard Version reads: “But he said unto them, Not all men can receive this saying, but they to whom it is given.” Read it in the full context of Matthew 19, alongside the classic commentary on this page.
Where is Matthew 19:11 found in the Bible?
Matthew 19:11 is in the book of Matthew, chapter 19, verse 11, in the New Testament.
What Bible translation is Matthew 19:11 shown in?
This is the American Standard Version (ASV), a public-domain translation. You can compare how other translations render Matthew 19:11 in the table on this page.
But he said unto them,.... With respect to the inference or conclusion, the disciples formed from what he had asserted:
all men cannot receive this saying; of their's, that it is not good to marry, but it is more proper and expedient to live a single life! every man, as the Syriac version renders it, is not , "sufficient", or "fit", for this thing; everyone has not the gift of continency, and indeed very few; and therefore it is expedient for such to marry; for what the disciples said, though it might be true in part, yet not in the whole; and though the saying might be proper and pertinent enough to some persons, yet not to all, and indeed to none,
save they to whom it is given; to receive such a saying, to live unmarried with content, having the gift of chastity; for this is not of nature, but of grace: it is the gift of God.