Luke 20:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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;

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  • Dan 12:2-3 : 2 And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame. 3 And those who are wise will be shining like the light of the outstretched sky; and those by whom numbers have been turned to righteousness will be like the stars for ever and ever.
  • 2 Thess 1:5 : 5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;
  • John 5:29 : 29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
  • Acts 24:15 : 15 Hoping in God for that which they themselves are looking for, that there will be a coming back from the dead for upright men and wrongdoers.
  • Matt 12:32 : 32 And whoever says a word against the Son of man, will have forgiveness; but whoever says a word against the Holy Spirit, will not have forgiveness in this life or in that which is to come.
  • Luke 21:36 : 36 But keep watch at all times with prayer, that you may be strong enough to come through all these things and take your place before the Son of man.
  • Mark 12:24 : 24 Jesus 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?
  • Matt 22:29 : 29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
  • Heb 11:35 : 35 Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
  • Rev 3:4 : 4 But you have some names in Sardis who have kept clean their robes; and as a reward they will go in white with me.

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  • 89%

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

    28 Master, 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.

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

    30 And the second;

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

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

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

    34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;

  • 88%

    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.

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

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

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

  • 87%

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

    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.

    24 Jesus 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?

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

  • 84%

    36 And 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.

    37 But 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.

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

  • 71%

    29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has given up house or wife or brothers or father or mother or children, because of the kingdom of God,

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

  • Matt 19:4-6
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    70%

    4 And 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,

    5 For 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?

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

  • 70%

    27 If 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.

    28 If you get married it is not a sin; and if an unmarried woman gets married it is not a sin. But those who do so will have trouble in the flesh. But I will not be hard on you.

    29 But 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;

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    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;

  • Mark 10:8-9
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    8 And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

    9 Let not that which has been joined together by God be parted by man.

  • Rev 20:5-6
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    5 The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.

    6 Happy and holy is he who has a part in this first coming: over these the second death has no authority, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will be ruling with him a thousand years.

  • 50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.

  • 38 So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.

  • 1 Cor 7:8-9
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    8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows, It is good for them to be even as I am.

    9 But if they have not self-control let them get married; for married life is better than the burning of desire.

  • 18 Everyone 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.

  • Eph 5:31-32
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    31 For 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.

    32 This is a great secret: but my words are about Christ and the church.

  • 32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her.

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

  • 3 So 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.

  • 2 The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who made a feast when his son was married,