Luke 20:33

Bible in Basic English (1941)

When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

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  • Matt 22:24-28 : 24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother; 25 Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother; 26 In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman came to her end. 28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.
  • Mark 12:19-23 : 19 Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother. 20 There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring; 21 And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same: 22 And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death. 23 In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

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  • Mark 12:18-26
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    18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

    19Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

    20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

    21And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

    22And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

    23In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

    24Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

    25When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

    26But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

  • Matt 22:23-31
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    23On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

    24Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

    25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

    26In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

    27And last of all the woman came to her end.

    28When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

    29But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

    30For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

    31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

  • Luke 20:34-37
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    34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

    35But 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;

    36And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

    37But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

  • Luke 20:27-32
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    27And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

    28Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

    29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

    30And the second;

    31And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

    32And last of all, the woman came to her end.

  • Rom 7:2-3
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    2For the woman who has a husband is placed by the law under the power of her husband as long as he is living; but if her husband is dead, she is free from the law of the husband.

    3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.

  • 1 Cor 7:38-39
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    38So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

    39It is right for a wife to be with her husband as long as he is living; but when her husband is dead, she is free to be married to another; but only to a Christian.

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    10The disciples say to him, If this is the position of a man in relation to his wife, it is better not to be married.

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    4And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,

    5For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two will become one flesh?

    6So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. Then let not that which has been joined by God be parted by man.

    7They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?

  • John 4:17-18
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    17In answer, the woman said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have said rightly, I have no husband:

    18You have had five husbands, and the man you have now is not your husband: that was truly said.

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    29But I say this, my brothers, the time is short; and from now it will be wise for those who have wives to be as if they had them not;

  • Mark 10:10-12
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    10And in the house the disciples put questions to him again about this thing.

    11And he said to them, Whoever puts away his wife and takes another, is false to his wife;

    12And if she herself puts away her husband and takes another, she is false to her husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
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    27If you are married to a wife, make no attempt to get free from her: if you are free from a wife, do not take a wife.

  • Mark 10:7
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    7For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how may you be certain, O wife, that you will not be the cause of salvation to your husband? or you, O husband, that you may not do the same for your wife?

  • Luke 18:30
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    30Who will not get much more in this time, and in the world to come, eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
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    2But because of the desires of the flesh, let every man have his wife, and every woman her husband.

  • Deut 20:7
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    7Or if any man is newly married and has had no sex relations with his wife, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another man may not take her.

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    18Everyone who puts away his wife and takes another, is a false husband: and he who is married to a woman whose husband has put her away, is no true husband to her.