Jesus Answers the Sadducees

^23 (A)On that day some ^(B)Sadducees (who say ^(C)there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, ²⁴ asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘^(D)If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; ²⁶ so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. ²⁷ Last of all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

²⁹ But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ^(E)not ^[a]understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither ^(F)marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹ But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: ³² ‘^(G)I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” ³³ When the crowds heard this, ^(H)they were astonished at His teaching.

Is There a Resurrection?

^27 (A)Now there came to Him some of the ^(B)Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection), ²⁸ and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(C)if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should ^[a]marry the wife and raise up children to his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; ³⁰ and the second ³¹ and the third ^[b]married her; and in the same way ^[c]all seven ^[d]died, leaving no children. ³² Finally the woman died also. ³³ In the resurrection therefore, which one’s wife will she be? For ^[e]all seven ^[f]had married her.”

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “The sons of ^(D)this age marry and are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are considered worthy to attain to ^(E)that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are ^(F)sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in ^(G)the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord ^(H)the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ^38 (I)Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for ^(J)all live to Him.”

⁸ For ^(A)the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.