Luke 20:27-40

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The Resurrection and Marriage^(A)

²⁷Some of the Sadducees,^(B) who say there is no resurrection,^(C) came to Jesus with a question. ²⁸“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.^(D) ²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. ³⁰The second ³¹and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. ³²Finally, the woman died too. ³³Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”

³⁴Jesus replied, “The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. ³⁵But those who are considered worthy of taking part in the age to come^(E) and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, ³⁶and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God’s children,^(F) since they are children of the resurrection. ³⁷But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’^[a]^(G) ³⁸He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

³⁹Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!” ⁴⁰And no one dared to ask him any more questions.^(H)

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Luke 20:37 Exodus 3:6

Isaiah 26:7-19

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⁷The path of the righteous is level;^(A)
    you, the Upright One,^(B) make the way of the righteous smooth.^(C)
⁸Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,^[a]^(D)
    we wait^(E) for you;
your name^(F) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
⁹My soul yearns for you in the night;^(G)
    in the morning my spirit longs^(H) for you.
When your judgments^(I) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.^(J)
¹⁰But when grace is shown to the wicked,^(K)
    they do not learn righteousness;
even in a land of uprightness they go on doing evil^(L)
    and do not regard^(M) the majesty of the Lord.
¹¹Lord, your hand is lifted high,^(N)
    but they do not see^(O) it.
Let them see your zeal^(P) for your people and be put to shame;^(Q)
    let the fire^(R) reserved for your enemies consume them.

¹²Lord, you establish peace^(S) for us;
    all that we have accomplished you have done^(T) for us.
¹³Lord our God, other lords^(U) besides you have ruled over us,
    but your name^(V) alone do we honor.^(W)
¹⁴They are now dead,^(X) they live no more;
    their spirits^(Y) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;^(Z)
    you wiped out all memory of them.^(AA)
¹⁵You have enlarged the nation, Lord;
    you have enlarged the nation.^(AB)
You have gained glory for yourself;
    you have extended all the borders^(AC) of the land.

¹⁶Lord, they came to you in their distress;^(AD)
    when you disciplined^(AE) them,
    they could barely whisper^(AF) a prayer.^[b]
¹⁷As a pregnant woman about to give birth^(AG)
    writhes and cries out in her pain,
    so were we in your presence, Lord.
¹⁸We were with child, we writhed in labor,
    but we gave birth^(AH) to wind.
We have not brought salvation^(AI) to the earth,
    and the people of the world have not come to life.^(AJ)

¹⁹But your dead^(AK) will live, Lord;
    their bodies will rise—
let those who dwell in the dust^(AL)
    wake up and shout for joy—
your dew^(AM) is like the dew of the morning;
    the earth will give birth to her dead.^(AN)