Luke 20:36

They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.

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In The King James Version

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

In Context

35“But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and the resurrection from the dead don't marry or are given in marriage.

37But on the question of whether the dead are raised, even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush, when he called the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

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Cross References

Hosea 13:14I shall redeem them from the power of Sheol; I shall deliver them from death. Where, death, are your plagues? Where, Sheol, is your destruction? Compassion is hidden from my sight.

Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven.

Romans 8:17If we're his children, then we're his heirs. We are heirs of God, and heirs together with Christ. But if we want to share in his glory we must share in his sufferings.

1 Corinthians 15:42It's the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in decay; it is raised to last forever.

1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet. The trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised never to die again, and we will be changed.

1 Thessalonians 4:13We don't want you to be confused about what happens when people die, brothers and sisters, so that you won't grieve like others who don't have any hope.

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 →

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