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 20:35 in other translations
| BSB | But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. |
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| WEB | But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. |
| ASV | but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: |
| YLT | but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the rising again that is out of the dead, neither marry, nor are they given in marriage; |
| DARBY | but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; |
| BBE | But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married; |
| Webster | But they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage. |
What does Luke 20:35 mean?
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 20:35 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Luke 20:35
- 2 Thessalonians 1:5
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
- Daniel 12:2-3
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
- John 5:29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
- Matthew 12:32
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
- Acts 24:15
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- Luke 21:36
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
- Acts 5:41
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
- Hebrews 11:35
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
- Mark 12:24
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
- Revelation 3:4
Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
- Matthew 22:29
Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
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- 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 20:36
Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luke 20:35 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas los que fueren tenidos por dignos de aquel siglo y de la resurrección de los muertos, ni se casan, ni son dados en casamiento: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | mais ceux qui seront estimés dignes d’avoir part à ce siècle-là et à la résurrection d’entre les morts, ne se marient ni ne sont donnés en mariage, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | die aber würdig geachtet werden, jener Welt teilhaftig zu sein und der Auferstehung aus den Toten, heiraten nicht, noch werden sie verheiratet; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | illi vero qui digni habebuntur sæculo illo, et resurrectione ex mortuis, neque nubent, neque ducent uxores: |