Matthew 22:23-33
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
23 The same day some Sadducees,(A) who say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him:(B) 24 “Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.(C)[a] 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same happened to the second also, and the third, and so to all seven.[b] 27 Then last of all the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.”[c]
29 Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like[d] angels in heaven.(D) 31 Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: 32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?(E)[e] He[f] is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
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- Matthew 22:24 Dt 25:5
- Matthew 22:26 Lit so until the seven
- Matthew 22:28 Lit all had her
- Matthew 22:30 Other mss add God’s
- Matthew 22:32 Ex 3:6,15-16
- Matthew 22:32 Other mss read God
Luke 20:27-40
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
27 Some(A) of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,(B) came up and questioned Him: 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.(C)[a] 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children. 30 Also the second[b] 31 and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”[c]
34 Jesus told them, “The sons of this age(D) marry and are given in marriage.(E) 35 But those who are counted worthy(F) to take part in that age(G) and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 For they cannot die anymore,(H) because they are like angels and are sons of God,(I) since they are sons of the resurrection. 37 Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.(J)[d] 38 He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to[e] Him.”(K)
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” 40 And they no longer dared to ask Him anything.
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- Luke 20:28 Dt 25:5
- Luke 20:30 Other mss add took her as wife, and he died without children
- Luke 20:33 Lit had her as wife
- Luke 20:37 Ex 3:6,15
- Luke 20:38 Or with
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