Matthew 22:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Luke 20:34-36 : 34 And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives; 35 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; 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.
  • Mark 12:24-25 : 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.
  • Matt 24:38 : 38 Because as in those days before the overflowing of the waters, they were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day when Noah went into the ark,
  • Luke 17:27 : 27 They were feasting and taking wives and getting married, till the day of the overflowing of the waters, when Noah went into the ark, and they all came to destruction.
  • John 5:28-29 : 28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead, 29 And they will come out; those who have done good, into the new life; and those who have done evil, to be judged.
  • 1 Cor 7:29-31 : 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; 30 And for those who are in sorrow, to give no signs of it; and for those who are glad, to give no signs of joy; and for those who are getting property, to be as if they had nothing; 31 And for those who make use of the world, not to be using it fully; for this world's way of life will quickly come to an end.
  • 1 John 3:1-2 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was. 2 My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.
  • Ps 103:20 : 20 Give praise to the Lord, you his angels, who are great in strength, doing his orders, and waiting for his voice.
  • Zech 3:7 : 7 These are the words of the Lord of armies: If you will go in my ways and keep what I have put in your care, then you will be judge over my Temple and have the care of my house, and I will give you the right to come in among those who are there.
  • Matt 13:43 : 43 Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.
  • Matt 18:10 : 10 Let it not seem to you that one of these little ones is of no value; for I say to you that in heaven their angels see at all times the face of my Father in heaven.
  • Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And their voices are sounding in a new song, saying, It is right for you to take the book and to make it open: for you were put to death and have made an offering to God of your blood for men of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation, 10 And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth. 11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
  • Rev 19:10 : 10 And I went on my face before his feet to give him worship. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am a brother-servant with you and with your brothers who keep the witness of Jesus: give worship to God: for the witness of Jesus is the spirit of the prophet's word.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 12:22-26
    5 verses
    94%

    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?

  • Luke 20:33-37
    5 verses
    88%

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

    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.

  • Matt 22:31
    83%

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

  • Matt 22:28-29
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • Matt 19:4-7
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    71%

    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?

  • Matt 19:10
    71%

    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.

  • Mark 12:18
    70%

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

  • Mark 10:6-11
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    70%

    6But from the first, male and female made he them.

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

    8And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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

    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;

  • Matt 22:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1And Jesus, talking to them again in stories, said:

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

  • Luke 20:27-30
    4 verses
    69%

    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;

  • Acts 23:8
    68%

    8For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

  • 1 Cor 7:27-29
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    68%

    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.

    28If 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.

    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;

  • Matt 22:23-25
    3 verses
    68%

    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;

  • Eph 5:31-32
    2 verses
    67%

    31For 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.

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

  • Matt 5:32
    66%

    32But 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.

  • Luke 18:29-30
    2 verses
    66%

    29And 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,

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

  • 1 Cor 7:9
    66%

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

  • Ezek 44:22
    66%

    22And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

  • Mark 13:32
    66%

    32But of that day or that hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father.

  • Heb 13:4
    66%

    4Let married life be honoured among all of you and not made unclean; for men untrue in married life will be judged by God.

  • 1 Cor 7:38
    66%

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

  • Heb 2:5
    66%

    5For he did not make the angels rulers over the world to come, of which I am writing.