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32 (A) “I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”[a] He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.

33 The crowds were surprised to hear what Jesus was teaching.

The Most Important Commandment

(Mark 12.28-34; Luke 10.25-28)

34 After Jesus had made the Sadducees look foolish, the Pharisees heard about it and got together.

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Footnotes

  1. 22.32 I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: Jesus argues that if God is worshiped by these three, they must still be alive, because he is the God of the living.

32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]?(A) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.(B)

The Greatest Commandment(C)

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(D) the Pharisees got together.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6