Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

23 The same day (A)Sadducees came to him, (B)who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, (C)‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 26 So too the second and third, down to the seventh. 27 After them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

29 But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, (D)because you know neither the Scriptures nor (E)the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither (F)marry nor (G)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, (H)have you not read what was said to you by God: 32 (I)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” 33 And when the crowd heard it, (J)they were astonished at his teaching.

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23 Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθον αὐτῷ Σαδδουκαῖοι, [a]λέγοντες μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν, καὶ ἐπηρώτησαν αὐτὸν 24 λέγοντες· Διδάσκαλε, Μωϋσῆς εἶπεν· Ἐάν τις ἀποθάνῃ μὴ ἔχων τέκνα, ἐπιγαμβρεύσει ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναστήσει σπέρμα τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ. 25 ἦσαν δὲ παρ’ ἡμῖν ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοί· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος [b]γήμας ἐτελεύτησεν, καὶ μὴ ἔχων σπέρμα ἀφῆκεν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦ· 26 ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ δεύτερος καὶ ὁ τρίτος, ἕως τῶν ἑπτά· 27 ὕστερον δὲ πάντων ἀπέθανεν [c]ἡ γυνή. 28 ἐν τῇ [d]ἀναστάσει οὖν τίνος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἔσται γυνή; πάντες γὰρ ἔσχον αὐτήν.

29 Ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πλανᾶσθε μὴ εἰδότες τὰς γραφὰς μηδὲ τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ· 30 ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἀναστάσει οὔτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε [e]γαμίζονται, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἄγγελοι [f]θεοῦ ἐν [g]τῷ οὐρανῷ εἰσιν· 31 περὶ δὲ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τῶν νεκρῶν οὐκ ἀνέγνωτε τὸ ῥηθὲν ὑμῖν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντος· 32 Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ; οὐκ ἔστιν [h]ὁ θεὸς νεκρῶν ἀλλὰ ζώντων. 33 καὶ ἀκούσαντες οἱ ὄχλοι ἐξεπλήσσοντο ἐπὶ τῇ διδαχῇ αὐτοῦ.

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Footnotes

  1. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:23 λέγοντες WH Treg NIV ] οἱ λέγοντες RP
  2. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:25 γήμας WH Treg NIV ] γαμήσας RP
  3. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:27 WH NIV ] καὶ ἡ Treg RP
  4. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:28 ἀναστάσει οὖν WH Treg NIV ] οὖν ἀναστάσει RP
  5. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:30 γαμίζονται WH Treg NIV ] ἐκγαμίζονται RP
  6. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:30 θεοῦ Holmes ] τοῦ θεοῦ RP; WH Treg NIV
  7. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:30 τῷ WH Treg NIV ] RP
  8. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΝ 22:32 ὁ θεὸς WH Treg NIV ] ὁ θεὸς θεὸς RP; θεὸς WHmarg