Luke 20:34

Jesus answered them, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage,

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

In Context

33In the resurrection, therefore, which of them will she be the wife of? For the seven all had her as a wife.”

35but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are they given in marriage.

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Cross References

Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.

Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

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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