Luke 20:34

And Jesus said to them, Sons of this world wed, and be given to weddings;

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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

33Therefore in the rising again, whose wife of them shall she be? for seven had her to wife. (And so in the resurrection, whose wife of them shall she be? for all seven had her as their wife.)

35but they that shall be had worthy of that world, and of the rising again from death (or and of the resurrection from the dead), neither be wedded, nor wed wives,

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Cross References

Luke 17:27They ate and drank, wedded wives, and were given to weddings, till into the day in which Noe (or Noah) entered into the ship; and the great flood came, and lost all, (or and then the great flood came, and destroyed everything).

Ephesians 5:31For this thing a man shall forsake his father and mother (or a man shall leave his father and his mother), and he shall draw [or he shall cleave] to his wife; and they shall be twain in 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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