The Question About the Resurrection^(A)

²³ The same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, ²⁴ “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry his wife and raise up children for his brother.’^{[a] 25} Now there were seven brothers with us. The first died after he married and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise the second and third, on to the seventh. ²⁷ Last of all, the woman died also. ²⁸ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven. ³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, ³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^[b]? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³³ When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

The Question About the Resurrection^(A)

¹⁸ Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him, saying, ¹⁹ “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves his wife behind, but leaves no children, that man must take the wife and raise up children for his brother.^{[a] 20} Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and when he died, he left no children. ²¹ The second took her and died, leaving no children, and the third likewise. ²² The seven had her and left no children. Last of all, the woman died too. ²³ In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For the seven had her as wife.”

²⁴ Jesus answered them, “Do you not err, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? ²⁵ When they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ²⁶ Now concerning the dead rising, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’^[b]? ²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. You therefore do greatly err.”