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Luke 20:34

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Jesus said to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And Jesus answering, said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry and are given in marriage,
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And Jesus said unto them—The sons of this age, marry, and are given in marriage,—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And Jesus answering said to them, 'The sons of this age do marry and are given in marriage,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry and are given in marriage:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Then Iesus answered, and sayd vnto them, The children of this world marry wiues, and are married.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And Iesus answering, said vnto them, The children of this world, marrie, and are giuen in marriage:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Jesus said to them, The sons of this world marry women, and women are given to men in marriage.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— Jeshu saith to them, The sons of this world take wives, and women become (the wives) of men:
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— Jesus said to them: The children of this world take wives, and wives are given to husbands.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
Jesus 2424
{2424} Prime
Ἰησοῦς
Iesous
{ee-ay-sooce'}
Of Hebrew origin [H3091]; Jesus (that is, Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites.
answering 611
{0611} Prime
ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrinomai
{ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee}
From G0575 and κρινω [[krino]]; to conclude for oneself, that is, (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare [H6030]) to begin to speak (where an address is expected).
z5679
<5679> Grammar
Tense - Aorist (See G5777)
Voice - Passive Deponent (See G5789)
Mood - Participle (See G5796)
Count - 164
said 2036
{2036} Prime
ἔπω
epo
{ep'-o}
A primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046, G4483 and G5346); to speak or say (by word or writting).
z5627
<5627> Grammar
Tense - Second Aorist (See G5780)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 2138 plus 1 in a variant reading in a footnote
unto them, 846
{0846} Prime
αὐτός
autos
{ow-tos'}
From the particle αὖ [[au]] (perhaps akin to the base of G0109 through the idea of a baffling wind; backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound of G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons.
The x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
children 5207
{5207} Prime
υἱός
huios
{hwee-os'}
Apparently a primary word; a 'son' (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figurative kinship.
of this 5127
{5127} Prime
τούτου
toutou
{too'-too}
Genitive singular masculine or neuter of G3778; of (from or concerning) this (person or thing).
world 165
{0165} Prime
αἰών
aion
{ahee-ohn'}
From the same as G0104; properly an age; by extension perpetuity (also past); by implication the world; specifically (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future).
marry, 1060
{1060} Prime
γαμέω
gameo
{gam-eh'-o}
From G1062; to wed (of either sex).
z5719
<5719> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Active (See G5784)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 3019
and 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
are given in marriage: 1548
{1548} Prime
ἐκγαμίσκω
ekgamisko
{ek-gam-is'-ko}
From G1537 and G1061; the same as G1547.
z5743
<5743> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Passive (See G5786)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 271
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Luke 20:27-34.


Luke 20:34

_ _ said unto them — In Matthew 22:29, the reply begins with this important statement: — “Ye do err, not knowing the Scriptures,” regarding the future state, “nor the power of God,” before which a thousand such difficulties vanish (also Mark 12:24).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Luke 20:27-38.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Luke 20:34

The children of this world — The inhabitants of earth, marry and are given in marriage — As being all subject to the law of mortality; so that the species is in need of being continually repaired.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Luke 20:34

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

(g) "The children of this world" refers here to those who live in this world, and not those that are wholly given to the world (and therefore contrary to the children of light), as above in (Luke 16:8).

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
The children:

Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

marry:

Luke 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
1 Corinthians 7:2-16 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. ... For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save [thy] wife?
Ephesians 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
Hebrews 13:4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Lk 16:8; 17:27. 1Co 7:2. Ep 5:31. He 13:4.

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