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Matthew 19:11
Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.
Matthew 19:11 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Matthew 19:11 in other translations
But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.
“Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.
But he said to them, “Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
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In context
8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.
11 Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.
12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.
13 Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such.
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