Legacy Standard Bible

Matthew 22:23-33

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The Sadducees and the Resurrection

23aOn that day some bSadducees (who say cthere is no resurrection) came to Jesus and asked Him a question, 24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘aIf a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife and raise up a seed for his brother.’ 25Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no 1seed, he left his wife to his brother; 26so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. 27And last of all, the woman died. 28In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”
29But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, anot 1understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. 30For in the resurrection they neither amarry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying, 32aI 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.” 33And when the crowds heard this, athey were astonished at His teaching.