Matthew 22:30

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“In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.”

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BSBPD

“In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 22:30 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 103:20Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
  2. Zechariah 3:7“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘If you walk in My ways and keep My instructions, then you will govern My house and will also have charge of My courts; and I will give you a place among these who are standing here.
  3. Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  4. Matthew 18:10See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
  5. Matthew 24:38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
  6. Mark 12:24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
  7. 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.
  8. Luke 20:34Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
  9. John 5:28Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:29What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
  11. 1 John 3:1Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  12. Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
  13. Revelation 19:10So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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