Matthew 22:32-36
J.B. Phillips New Testament
29-33 “You are very wide of the mark,” replied Jesus to them, “for you are ignorant of both the scriptures and the power of God. For in the resurrection there is no such thing as marrying or being given in marriage—men live like the angels in Heaven. And as for the matter of the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you ever read what was once said to you by God himself, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? God is not God of the dead but of living men!” When the crowds heard this they were astounded at his teaching.
The greatest commandments in the Law
34-36 When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees they came up to him in a body, and one of them, an expert in the Law, put this test-question: “Master, what are we to consider the Law’s greatest commandment?”
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Matthew 22:32-34
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6
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