Luke 20:34 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “The people of this age [i.e., who live on earth] marry and are given away in marriage,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, The people of this world and present age marry and are given in marriage;

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁴ And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

Common English Bible

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “People who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ And so, Jesus said to them: "The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁴ And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

Luke 20:34 Cross References

Matthew 12:32

And whoever speaks an [abusive] word against the Son of man will be forgiven [of it], but whoever speaks [an abusive word] against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven [of it], not in this world nor the one to come.

Luke 16:8

So, his master commended the dishonest property manager for his shrewdness. For worldly people are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of light [i.e., God’s people].

Luke 17:27

People were eating and drinking and [men were] marrying and [women] were being given away in marriage [right up] until the day that Noah entered the ship and the Flood came and drowned them all.

Luke 20:33

[Now] whose wife will she be in the resurrected state, for all seven [brothers] were married to her?”

Ephesians 5:31

[Gen. 2:24 says], “For this reason a man will leave [the home of] his father and mother, and will cling to his wife, [so that] the two will become one flesh [i.e., united in such a close relationship, as to practically constitute one body].”

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be considered honorable among all people and its sexual responsibilities should be faithfully kept. For God will judge [and condemn] those people who are sexually immoral and who are sexually unfaithful to their mates.