Matthew 19:11 · Young's Literal Translation
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 Young's Literal Translation reads: “And he said to them, ‘All do not receive this word, but those to whom it hath been 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 Young's Literal Translation (YLT), 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.