Luke 20:34
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.”
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“Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Jesus answering said to them, `The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Luke 20:34 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Luke 16:8The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.
- Luke 17:27People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
- 1 Corinthians 7:2But because there is so much sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.
- Ephesians 5:31“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- Hebrews 13:4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.
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