Luke 20:35
But those who shall be accounted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
34And Jesus answered and said to them: The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answered and said to them: You err, because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God.
Luke 21:36Watch, therefore, and pray at all times, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Acts 5:41Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name’s sake.
2 Thessalonians 1:5which endurance of yours is a proof of the righteous judgment of God, in order that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you suffer:
Revelation 3:4Yet you have a few names in Sardis that have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.
Matthew Henry on Luke 20:28-39
The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like… Read the whole commentary →