26 And they were not able to catch him[a][b] in a statement in the sight of the people, and astonished at his answer, they became silent.

A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection

27 Now some of the Sadducees—who deny that there is a resurrection[c]—came up and[d] asked him, 28 saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us if someone’s brother dies having a wife, and this man is childless, that his brother should take the wife and father[e] descendants for his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:26 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  2. Luke 20:26 Some manuscripts explicitly state “him”
  3. Luke 20:27 Literally “resurrection not to exist”
  4. Luke 20:27 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“came up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  5. Luke 20:28 Literally “raise up”