Luke 20:27-47

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Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

²⁷There came to him ^(A)some Sadducees, ^(B)those who deny that there is a resurrection, ²⁸and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^(C)that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man^[a] must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰And the second ³¹and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. ³²Afterward the woman also died. ³³In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

³⁴And Jesus said to them, ^(D)“The sons of this age ^(E)marry and ^(F)are given in marriage, ³⁵but those who are ^(G)considered worthy to attain to ^(H)that age and to the resurrection from the dead ^(I)neither marry ^(J)nor are given in marriage, ³⁶for ^(K)they cannot die anymore, because they are ^(L)equal to angels and ^(M)are ^(N)sons of God, being ^(O)sons^[b] of the resurrection. ³⁷But that the dead are raised, ^(P)even Moses showed, in ^(Q)the passage about the bush, where he calls ^(R)the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ³⁸Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^(S)live to him.” ³⁹Then some of the scribes ^(T)answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰For ^(U)they no longer dared to ask him any question.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

⁴¹^(V)But he said to them, “How can they say that ^(W)the Christ is ^(X)David's son? ⁴²For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,

^(Y)“‘The Lord said to my Lord,
“Sit at my right hand,
⁴³ until I make your enemies ^(Z)your footstool.”’

⁴⁴David thus calls him Lord, so ^(AA)how is he his son?”

Beware of the Scribes

⁴⁵^(AB)And in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, ⁴⁶“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and ^(AC)the places of honor at feasts, ⁴⁷^(AD)who devour widows' houses and ^(AE)for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

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Footnotes

Luke 20:28 Greek his brother
Luke 20:36 Greek huioi; see Preface

Psalm 138

English Standard Version

Give Thanks to the Lord

Of David.

138 ^(A)I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart;
    before ^(B)the gods I sing your praise;
²I bow down ^(C)toward your ^(D)holy temple
    and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness,
    for you have exalted above all things
    your name and your word.^[a]
³On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.^[b]

⁴^(E)All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord,
    for they have heard the words of your mouth,
⁵and they shall sing of ^(F)the ways of the Lord,
    for great is the glory of the Lord.
⁶^(G)For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
    but the haughty he knows from afar.

⁷^(H)Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
    you ^(I)preserve my life;
you ^(J)stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies,
    and your ^(K)right hand delivers me.
⁸The Lord will ^(L)fulfill his purpose for me;
    ^(M)your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever.
    Do not forsake ^(N)the work of your hands.