Luke 20:34
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Luke 20:34 in other translations
| BSB | Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage. |
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| WEB | Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage. |
| ASV | And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage: |
| YLT | And Jesus answering said to them, ‘The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage, |
| DARBY | And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage, |
| BBE | And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives; |
| Webster | And Jesus answering, said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: |
What does Luke 20:34 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Luke 20:27-34
27-34. no resurrection--"nor angel nor spirit" (Ac 23:8); the materialists of the day.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 20:27-38
It is common for those who design to undermine any truth of God, to load it with difficulties. But we wrong ourselves, and wrong the truth of Christ, when we form our notions of the world of spirits by this world of sense. There are more worlds than one; a present visible world, and a future unseen world; and let every one compare this world and that world, and give the preference in his thoughts and cares to that…
Luke 20:34 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 20:34
- Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
- Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
- Luke 17:27
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2-16
Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. …
- Ephesians 5:31
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:8
marry.
17:27; 1Co 7:2-16; Eph 5:31; Heb 13:4
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain
Context
- Luke 20:33
Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
- Luke 20:34
And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
- Luke 20:35
But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
Luke 20:34 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces respondiendo Jesús, les dijo: Los hijos de este siglo se casan, y son dados en casamiento: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Jésus leur dit: Les fils de ce siècle se marient et sont donnés en mariage; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Jesus sprach zu ihnen: Die Söhne dieser Welt heiraten und werden verheiratet; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et ait illis Jesus: Filii hujus sæculi nubunt, et traduntur ad nuptias: |