Jesus answered them, "How wrong you are! And do you know why? It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.

For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry.

Jesus answered them, "The men and women of this age marry,

They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death.

Do not be surprised at this; the time is coming when all the dead will hear his voice

and come out of their graves: those who have done good will rise and live, and those who have done evil will rise and be condemned.

What I mean, my friends, is this: there is not much time left, and from now on married people should live as though they were not married;

those who deal in material goods, as though they were not fully occupied with them. For this world, as it is now, will not last much longer.

See how much the Father has loved us! His love is so great that we are called God's children---and so, in fact, we are. This is why the world does not know us: it has not known God.

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

Then God's people will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Listen, then, if you have ears!

"See that you don't despise any of these little ones. Their angels in heaven, I tell you, are always in the presence of my Father in heaven.

Praise the LORD, you strong and mighty angels, who obey his commands, who listen to what he says.

the LORD Almighty had said: "If you obey my laws and perform the duties I have assigned you, then you will continue to be in charge of my Temple and its courts, and I will hear your prayers, just as I hear the prayers of the angels who are in my presence.

My dear friends, we are now God's children, but it is not yet clear what we shall become. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he really is.

They sang a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to break open its seals. For you were killed, and by your sacrificial death you bought for God people from every tribe, language, nation, and race.

Again I looked, and I heard angels, thousands and millions of them! They stood around the throne, the four living creatures, and the elders,

I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with other believers, all those who hold to the truth that Jesus revealed. Worship God!" For the truth that Jesus revealed is what inspires the prophets.