Matthew 22:23-33

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Some Sadducees Try to Trick Jesus^(A)

²³That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no one will rise from death.) The Sadducees asked Jesus a question. ²⁴They said, “Teacher, Moses told us that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother.^[a] ²⁵There were seven brothers among us. The first brother married but died. He had no children. So his brother married the woman. ²⁶Then the second brother also died. The same thing happened to the third brother and all the other brothers. ²⁷The woman was the last to die. ²⁸But all seven men had married her. So when people rise from death, whose wife will she be?”

²⁹Jesus answered, “You are so wrong! You don’t know what the Scriptures say. And you don’t know anything about God’s power. ³⁰At the time when people rise from death, there will be no marriage. People will not be married to each other. Everyone will be like the angels in heaven. ³¹Surely you have read what God said to you about people rising from death. ³²God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^[b] So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people.”

³³When the people heard this, they were amazed at Jesus’ teaching.

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Footnotes

Matthew 22:24 if … dead brother See Deut. 25:5, 6.
Matthew 22:32 Quote from Ex. 3:6.

Luke 20:27-40

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Some Sadducees Try to Trick Jesus^(A)

²⁷Some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that people will not rise from death.) They asked him, ²⁸“Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry his widow. Then they will have children for the dead brother.^[a] ²⁹One time there were seven brothers. The first brother married a woman but died. He had no children. ³⁰Then the second brother married the woman, and he died. ³¹And the third brother married the woman, and he died. The same thing happened with all the other brothers. They all died and had no children. ³²The woman was the last to die. ³³But all seven brothers married her. So when people rise from death, whose wife will this woman be?”

³⁴Jesus said to the Sadducees, “On earth, people marry each other. ³⁵Some people will be worthy to be raised from death and live again after this life. In that life they will not marry. ³⁶In that life people are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from death. ³⁷Moses clearly showed that people are raised from death. When Moses wrote about the burning bush,^[b] he said that the Lord is ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^[c] ³⁸So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. Yes, to God they are all still living.”