Matthew 19:11 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹¹ "It is not every one," replied Jesus, "who can accept this teaching, but only those who have been enabled to do so.

¹¹ "To you," answered Jesus, "the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of Heaven has been imparted, but not to those.

² But, owing to the prevalence of immorality, I advise every man to have his own wife, and every woman her husband.

⁷ I should wish every one to be just what I am myself. But every one has his own gift from God-one in one way, and one in another. ⁸ My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be well for them to remain as I am myself. ⁹ But, if they cannot control themselves, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to be consumed with passion.

¹⁷ In any case, a man should continue to live in the condition which the Lord has allotted to him, and in which he was when God called him. This is the rule that I lay down in every Church.

³⁵ I say this for your own benefit, not with any intention of putting a halter round your necks, but in order to secure for the Master seemly and constant devotion, free from all distraction.