'Marriage' in the Bible

The circumstances of the birth of Jesus Christ were these. After his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they were united in marriage, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.

There are men who from their birth have been disabled from marriage, others who have been so disabled by men, and others who have disabled themselves for the sake of the Kingdom of the Heavens. He who is able to receive this, let him receive it."

"The Kingdom of the Heavens," He said, "may be compared to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,

For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.

For when they have risen from among the dead, men do not marry and women are not given in marriage, but they are as angels are in Heaven.

"The men of this age," replied Jesus, "marry, and the women are given in marriage.

But as for those who shall have been deemed worthy to find a place in that other age and in the Resurrection from among the dead, the men do not marry and the women are not given in marriage.

I now deal with the subjects mentioned in your letter. It is well for a man to abstain altogether from marriage.

If, however, they cannot maintain self-control, by all means let them marry; for marriage is better than the fever of passion.

Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to get free. Are you free from the marriage bond? Do not seek for a wife.

So that he who gives his daughter in marriage does well, and yet he who does not give her in marriage will do better.

Let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the marriage bed be unpolluted; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Let us rejoice and triumph and give Him the glory; for the time for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His Bride has made herself ready."

And he said to me, "Write as follows: 'Blessed are those who receive an invitation to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.'" And he added, still addressing me, "These are truly the words of God."