Misinterpretations often include viewing the verse as devaluing marriage as sinful or second-rate even in this life, ignoring its affirmation as standard for humanity here; assuming heaven means isolation from all relationships, overlooking promised spiritual communion; or, like the Sadducees, denying resurrection to argue eternal life absurdly extends earthly customs without transformation; or mandating celibacy for all believers now, contrary to its distinction between ages.
Luke 20:34
King James Version (1769)
34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
Jesus contrasts earthly life, where marriage is a normative institution for companionship, procreation, and societal order among mortals, with the resurrection state, where believers, as sons of God raised from the dead, will not marry or be given in marriage, resembling angels in their eternal, imperishable existence focused wholly on divine fellowship rather than temporal bonds.