Matthew 22:30
For in the resurrection of the dead, they do not take wives, nor are wives given to husbands; but they are as the angels of God in heaven.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
29Jesus answered, and said to them: Ye do err, from not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
31But as to the resurrection of the dead,: have ye not read what was spoken to you by God, who said:
Cross References
Matthew 18:10See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their angels in heaven, at all times, are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven.
Mark 12:24Jesus said to them: Is it not on this account that ye err, because ye understand not the scriptures, nor the power of God?
Luke 20:34Jesus said to them: The children of this world take wives, and wives are given to husbands.
1 Corinthians 7:29And this I say, my Brethren, that the time to come is short; so that they who have wives, should be as if they had none;
Revelation 5:9And they sung a new anthem, saying: Competent art thou, to take the book, and to open the seals thereof; because thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood, out of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:24-34
The Question Respecting Marriage. 23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also.… Read the whole commentary →