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Luke 20:34-38

Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage. But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

    But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

    For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

    But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord ‘The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

    Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.”

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    Iesus answered and sayde vnto them. The chyldre of this worlde mary wyves and are maryed

    but they which shalbe made worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from deeth nether mary wyves nether are maryed

    nor yet can dye eny moare. For they are equall vnto the angels: and are the sonnes of God in as moche as they are the chyldre of the resurreccion.

    And that the deed shall ryse agayne even Moses signified besydes the busshe when he sayde: the Lorde God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob.

    For he is not the God of the deed but of them which live. For all live in him.

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  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married.

    But they which shalbe counted worthy to enioy that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry wiues, neither are married.

    For they can die no more, forasmuch as they are equall vnto the Angels, and are the sonnes of God, since they are the children of the resurrection.

    And that the dead shall rise againe, euen Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob.

    For he is not the God of the dead, but of them which liue: for all liue vnto him.

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv34, 36, 38 They are called here in this place, the children…

They are called here in this place, the children of this world, which live in this world: and not they, that wholly are given to the world, as before Luke 16:8, which are contrary to the children of light.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv35, 36, 38 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv34–38 For he is not a God of the dead,…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv34–38 The children of this world - The inhabitants of…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv34, 36, 38 Verse 34. The children of this world] Men and…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v36 The children of resurrection; i.e. of the just, who…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv34, 36, 37, 38 said unto them--In Mat 22:29, the reply begins with…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv35–37 35. They which shall be accounted worthy—From the words…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv34, 37, 38 34. neither can they die any more] Rather, for…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv34–38 (34) The children of this world marry.—The three reports…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv34, 37 Vers. 34-36. And Jesus answering said unto them, The…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv36–37 (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v34 The answer of the Lord:
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv34, 37 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv35–37 20:35 will neither marry nor be given in marriage:…
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