Matthew 19:11-13
1599 Geneva Bible
11 [a]But he said unto them, All men cannot [b]receive this thing, save they to whom it is given.
12 For there are some [c]eunuchs, which were so born of their mother’s belly: and there be some eunuchs, which be gelded by men: and there be some eunuchs, which have [d]gelded themselves for the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive this, let him receive it.
13 ¶ (A)[e]Then were brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
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- Matthew 19:11 The gift of continency is peculiar, and therefore no man can set a Law to himself of perpetual continency.
- Matthew 19:11 Receive and admit, as by translation we say, that a straight and narrow place is not able to receive many things.
- Matthew 19:12 The word Eunuch is a general word, and hath divers kinds under it, as gelded men and barren men.
- Matthew 19:12 Which abstain from marriage, and live continently through the gift of God.
- Matthew 19:13 Infants and little children are contained in the free covenant of God.
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