Luke 20:34

Jeshu saith to them, The sons of this world take wives, and women become (the wives) of men:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

33In the resurrection therefore, whose of them shall she be the wife? for the seven of them had taken her.

35but they who of that world are worthy, and of the resurrection which is from among the dead, take not wives, neither do women become (the wives) of men.

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Cross References

Luke 17:27when they ate and drank and took wives and gave to husbands, until the day when Nuch entered into the ark, and the deluge came, and destroyed every one.

Ephesians 5:31Because of this a man leaveth his father and his mother, and cleaveth unto his wife, and they two 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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