11 But he said to them, (A)“Not everyone can receive this saying, but only (B)those to (C)whom it is given.

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11 He answered, “Not all can accept [this] word,[a] but only those to whom that is granted.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:11 [This] word: probably the disciples’ “it is better not to marry” (Mt 19:10). Jesus agrees but says that celibacy is not for all but only for those to whom that is granted by God.