Luke 20:34

“The men and women of this world,” said Jesus, “marry and are given in marriage;

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In The King James Version

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

In Context

33About the woman, then – at the resurrection, whose wife is she to be, all seven brothers having had her as their wife?”

35but, for those who are thought worthy to attain to that other world and the resurrection from the dead, there is no marrying or being married,

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Cross References

Luke 17:27They were eating and drinking and marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark, and then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Ephesians 5:31For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife; and the man and his wife will become one.

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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