The Question about the Resurrection

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Mat 22:23–33

23 Later the same day some Sadducees came to see him. (They are the ones who say there's no resurrection.)
24 They asked him, “Teacher, Moses said that if a married man dies without having children, his brother should marry his widow and have children on behalf of his brother.
25 Well, once there were seven brothers here with us. The first married, and died, and since he had no children he left his widow to his brother.
26 The same thing happened to the second and third husband, right up to the seventh.
27 In the end the woman died too.
28 So when the resurrection takes place, whose wife of the seven brothers will she be, for she married all of them?”
29 Jesus replied, “Your mistake is you don't know Scripture or what God can do.
30 For in the resurrection people don't marry, and they aren't given in marriage either—they're like the angels in heaven.
31 As for the resurrection of the dead—haven't you read what God said to you,
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He's not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33 When the crowds heard what he said, they were amazed at his teaching.

18 Then the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked a question:
19 “Teacher, Moses instructed us that if a man dies, leaving his widow childless, then his brother should marry his wife, and have children by her on his behalf.
20 Once there were seven brothers. The first one got married, and then died without having children.
21 The second married his widow, and then died, childless. The third did the same.
22 In fact all seven died without having children. In the end the woman died too.
23 In the resurrection, whose wife will she be, because she was the wife of all seven brothers?”
24 Jesus told them, “This proves you're mistaken, and that you don't know the Scriptures or the power of God.
25 When the dead rise, they don't marry, and aren't given in marriage. They're like the angels in heaven.
26 But concerning the resurrection, haven't you read in Moses' writings the story of the burning bush, where God spoke to Moses and told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’
27 He's not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are completely mistaken!”

27 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came to Jesus with this question:
28 “Teacher,” they began, “Moses gave us a law that if a married man dies leaving a wife without children, then his brother should marry the widow and have children for his dead brother.
29 Once there were seven brothers. The first had a wife, and died without having children.
30 The second
31 and then the third brother also married her. In the end all seven brothers married her, and then died without having children.
32 Finally the wife died too.
33 Now whose wife will she be in the resurrection, since all seven brothers had married her?”
34 “Here in this age people marry and are given in marriage,” Jesus explained.
35 “But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and the resurrection from the dead don't marry or are given in marriage.
36 They can't die any longer; they're like the angels and are children of God since they're children of the resurrection.
37 But on the question of whether the dead are raised, even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him they all are alive.”
39 Some of the religious teachers responded, “That was a good answer, Teacher.”
40 After this no one dared to ask him any more questions.