Luke 20:34-35

Context

20:34 So¹ Jesus said to them, “The people of this age² marry and are given in marriage. 20:35 But those who are regarded as worthy to share in³ that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.⁴

[20:34] ¹tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate that Jesus’ response is a result of their framing of the question.

[20:34] ²tn Grk “sons of this age” (an idiom, see L&N 11.16). The following clause which refers to being “given in marriage” suggests both men and women are included in this phrase.

[20:35] ³tn Grk “to attain to.”

[20:35] ⁴sn Life in the age to come is different than life here (they neither marry nor are given in marriage). This means Jesus’ questioners had made a false assumption that life was the same both now and in the age to come.