Key Verse Spotlight
Matthew 19:11 - Meaning and Application
Understand how this verse speaks to what you're facing and how to apply it today
Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given. "
Matthew 19:11
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
9 I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when she is divorced commits adultery.”
10 His disciples said to him, “If this is the case of the man with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.”
11 But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven’s sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it.”
13 Then little children were brought to him that he should lay his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.
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Matthew 19:1
"When Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan."
Matthew 19:2
"Great multitudes followed him, and he healed them there."
Matthew 19:3
"Pharisees came to him, testing him and saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”"
Matthew 19:4
"He answered, “Haven’t you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,"
Matthew 19:5
"and said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh’?"
Matthew 19:6
"So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, don’t let man tear apart.”"
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