Luke Chapter 20 verse 34 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 20:34

And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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BBE Luke 20:34

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;
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DARBY Luke 20:34

And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,
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KJV Luke 20:34

And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
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WBT Luke 20:34


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WEB Luke 20:34

Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.
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YLT Luke 20:34

And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 34-36. - And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more. How different are the few rare pictures which our Master draws of the heaven-life to those painted by the great founders and teachers of other world-wide religions! In his world beyond the grave, while he tells us of a continuing existence, of varied and ever-increasing activity, in contradistinction to the Nirvana of Buddha, in these pictures of Jesus the sensual paradise of Mohammed, for instance, finds no place. Marriage is, according to our Lord's teaching, but a temporary expedient to preserve the human race, to which death would soon put an end. But in the world to come there will be no death and no marriage. We may assume from his words here that the difference between the sexes will have ceased to exist. They are equal unto the angels. Equal with the angels in being immortal; no death; no marriage. Jesus in this place asserts that angels have a body, but are exempt from any difference of sex. The angels are here introduced because our Lord was speaking with Sadducees, who (Acts 23:8) denied the existence of these glorious beings. He wished to set the seal of his teaching on the deeply interesting question of the existence of angels.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(34) The children of this world marry.--The three reports of the question are all but absolutely identical. In the form of the answer there are slight variations. The contrast between "the children of this world "or "age," those, i.e., who belong to it (see Note on Luke 16:8), and those of "that world" or "age," is peculiar to St. Luke. In both cases the word rests primarily on the idea of time rather than place. It may be noted that no other writer in the New Testament uses the form of words, "that world," the age or period that is there, not here, for the life of the eternal kingdom. The more common phrase is "the world to come" (Matthew 12:32; Matthew 19:30).