Matthew 19:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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  • 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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  • 12 For 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.”

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

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

    12 For 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.

    13 For 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.

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

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

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

    24 Again 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.”

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

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

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

    12 so 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.”

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

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

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    25 In 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.”

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

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

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    26 They were even more astonished and said to one another,“Then who can be saved?”

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

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

  • 15 The one who has ears had better listen!

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    29 Then 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

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

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

  • 27 All 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.

  • 17 I 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.”

    45 But 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.

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

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

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    34 So Jesus said to them,“The people of this age marry and are given in marriage.

    35 But 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 9 The one who has ears had better listen!”

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

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

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

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

  • 29 Jesus 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

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

  • 22 Jesus 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.”

  • 18 So 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.”

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    39 They 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,

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

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

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