Luke 20:35
But they who are accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
34And Jesus answering said to them: The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage.
Cross References
Matthew 22:29Jesus answering said to them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
Luke 21:36And watch, in every time praying that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Acts 5:41They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.
2 Thessalonians 1:5a token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;
Revelation 3:4But thou hast a few names in Sardis, which did not defile 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 →