Luke 20:27-47

New American Standard Bible

Is There a Resurrection?

^27 (A)Now some of the ^(B)Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him, ²⁸ and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(C)if ^[a]a man’s brother dies, ^[b]leaving a wife, and he is childless, that his brother is to ^[c]marry the wife and raise up children ^[d]for his brother. ²⁹ So then, there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; ³⁰ and the second ³¹ and the third ^[e]married her; and in the same way ^[f]all seven ^[g]died, leaving no children. ³² Finally the woman also died. ³³ Therefore, in the resurrection, ^[h]which one’s wife does the woman become? For ^[i]all seven ^[j]married her.”

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “The sons of ^(D)this age marry and the women are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are considered worthy to attain to ^(E)that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; ³⁶ for they cannot even die anymore, for they are like angels, and are ^(F)sons of God, being ^[k]sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But as for the fact that the dead are raised, even Moses revealed this in ^(G)the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord ^(H)the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ^38 (I)Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for ^(J)all live to Him.” ³⁹ Some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ For ^(K)they did not have the courage to question Him any longer about anything.

^41 (L)But He said to them, “How is it that they say the ^[l]Christ is ^(M)David’s son? ⁴² For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

⁴⁴ Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord,’ and so how is He his son?”

^45 (P)And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes, ^(Q)who like to walk around in long robes, and love personal greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, ⁴⁷ who ^[m]devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive all the more condemnation.”