Matthew 22:30
28 In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
29 Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
- KJV
- For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
- WEB
- For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
- ASV
- For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.
- DARBY
- For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in heaven.
- BLB
- For in the resurrection, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.
- ÅB
- For i oppstandelsen verken gifter de seg, eller gir til ekteskap, men de er som Guds engler i himmelen.
- OTB
- For i oppstandelsen gifter de seg verken eller blir giftet bort, men er som englene i himmelen.
- B1930
- For i opstandelsen hverken tar de til ekte eller gis de til ekte, men de er som Guds engler i himmelen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 20:34–36
Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
Read in contextMark 12:24–25
Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
Read in contextJohn 5:28–29
Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:29–31
What I am saying, brothers, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they had none;
Read in contextMatthew 24:38
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
Read in context