Matthew 19:11

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He said to them,“Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 7:17 : 17 The Circumstances of Your Calling Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches.
  • 1 Cor 7:35 : 35 I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
  • 1 Cor 7:2 : 2 But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband.
  • 1 Cor 7:7-9 : 7 I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that. 8 To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am. 9 But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire.

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  • Matt 19:12
    82%

    12For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it.”

  • Matt 19:10
    79%

    10The disciples said to him,“If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!”

  • Matt 13:11-13
    3 verses
    75%

    11He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.

    12For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

    13For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand.

  • John 6:65
    72%

    65So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”

  • Matt 19:22-26
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    72%

    22But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

    23Then Jesus said to his disciples,“I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven!

    24Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God.”

    25The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said,“Then who can be saved?”

    26Jesus looked at them and replied,“This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible.”

  • Luke 8:10
    71%

    10He said,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand.

  • Mark 4:11-13
    3 verses
    71%

    11He said to them,“The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables,

    12so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven.”

    13He said to them,“Don’t you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable?

  • John 3:27
    71%

    27John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

  • Luke 18:25-27
    3 verses
    70%

    25In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

    26Those who heard this said,“Then who can be saved?”

    27He replied,“What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God.”

  • Mark 10:26-27
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    26They were even more astonished and said to one another,“Then who can be saved?”

    27Jesus looked at them and replied,“This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God.”

  • John 6:60
    70%

    60Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said,“This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?”

  • Matt 11:15
    69%

    15The one who has ears had better listen!

  • Luke 18:29-30
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    29Then Jesus said to them,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God’s kingdom

    30who will not receive many times more in this age– and in the age to come, eternal life.”

  • Luke 14:33
    68%

    33In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions.

  • Matt 11:27
    68%

    27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

  • Luke 18:17
    68%

    17I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

  • Luke 9:44-45
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    44“Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men.”

    45But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.

  • Mark 4:25
    68%

    25For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.”

  • Mark 10:15
    68%

    15I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”

  • Luke 20:34-35
    2 verses
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    34So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

    35But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

  • Luke 19:26
    68%

    26‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.

  • Matt 19:4
    67%

    4He answered,“Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female,

  • Matt 13:9
    67%

    9The one who has ears had better listen!”

  • Matt 19:8
    67%

    8Jesus said to them,“Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way.

  • Mark 4:9
    67%

    9And he said,“Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!”

  • Mark 5:37
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    37He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • Matt 22:14
    67%

    14For many are called, but few are chosen.”

  • Mark 10:29
    67%

    29Jesus said,“I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel

  • Luke 9:62
    67%

    62Jesus said to him,“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

  • Matt 20:22
    67%

    22Jesus answered,“You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?” They said to him,“We are able.”

  • Luke 8:18
    67%

    18So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.”

  • Mark 10:39-40
    2 verses
    66%

    39They said to him,“We are able.” Then Jesus said to them,“You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience,

    40but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared.”

  • Mark 4:23
    66%

    23If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!”

  • Luke 10:23
    66%

    23Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately,“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!