"For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." — Matthew 22:29

Matthew 22:29 · KJV

“For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.”

— Matthew 22:29

Verse 28

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Verse 30

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

Matthew 22 — Context

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Cross References

John 20:9

For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.

Romans 15:4

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Luke 1:37

For with God nothing shall be impossible.

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, {and} there is nothing too hard for thee: {too...: or, hid from thee}

Daniel 12:2-3

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame {and} everlasting contempt.

Isaiah 26:19

Thy dead {men} shall live, {together with} my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew {is as} the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

Philippians 3:21

Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Psalms 17:15

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.