Berean BlueApp preview

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Matthew 19:11

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Browse this work.

Matthew19:11

11. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given--that is, "That the unmarried state is better, is a saying not for everyone, and indeed only for such as it is divinely intended for." But who are these? they would naturally ask; and this our Lord proceeds to tell them in three particulars.

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, Matthew 19:11. Public domain.

Permanent link. Source edition.

Read Matthew 19. Compare commentaries on this chapter.

Source and publication rights

Public domain. Public Domain. Source edition.

Berean Blue opens December 1, 2026. Explore this passage in the app preview.