Matthew 19:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bible Comments

(3) But he said unto them, All [men] cannot (k) receive this saying, save [they] to whom it is given.

(3) The gift of celibacy is peculiar, and therefore no man can set a law to himself of perpetual celibacy.

(k) Receive and admit, as by translation we say, that a straight and narrow place is not able to receive many things.

Matthew 19:11

11 But he said unto them,All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.