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Mark 12:25

The resurrectionEternal lifeAngels and the spiritual worldMarriage

23 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

24 Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

26 But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

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BSB
When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
KJV
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
WEB
For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
ASV
For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
DARBY
For when they rise from among [the] dead they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels [who are] in the heavens.
BLB
For when they rise out from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but they are like angels in the heavens.
ÅB
For når de står opp fra de døde, da hverken tar de til ekte eller gis de til ekte, men de er som englene i himmelen.
OTB
Når de døde oppstår, vil de verken gifte seg eller bli gitt i ekteskap; de vil være som englene i himmelen.
B1930
For når de står op fra de døde, da hverken tar de til ekte eller gis de til ekte, men de er som englene i himmelen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Luke 20:35–36

    But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

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  • Matthew 22:30

    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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  • 1 John 3:2

    Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.

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  • Hebrews 12:22–23

    Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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  • 1 Corinthians 15:42–54

    So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

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