For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Parallel translations
- WEB For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- KJV For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
- BSB When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- NKJV For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- NLT For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.
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Quick answer
Jesus explains that in the resurrection people neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels.
Overview
Jesus corrects the Sadducees' assumption that marriage continues in the age to come. The resurrected enjoy a transformed, glorified existence, like the angels in this respect, where earthly marriage no longer applies. Resurrection life is not merely a continuation of this age but something gloriously new.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Luke 20:35–36But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
- Matt 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- Heb 12:22–23But you have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable multitudes of angels,
- 1 Cor 15:42–54So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.
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