Mark 12:25

For when they shall rise again from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be married, but are as the angels in heaven.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

In Context

24And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

26And as concerning the dead that they rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

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Cross References

Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.

1 Corinthians 15:42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it shall rise in incorruption.

1 John 3:2Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

Matthew Henry on Mark 12:19-28

The Question of the Sadducees. 18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and… Read the whole commentary →

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