The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

^27 (A)Now some of the ^(B)Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him, ²⁸ and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(C)if a man’s brother dies, having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should ^[a]marry the wife and raise up ^[b]seed for his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers; and the first married a wife and died childless, ³⁰ and the second ³¹ and the third ^[c]married her; and in the same way, ^[d]all seven ^[e]died, leaving no children. ³² Finally the woman died also. ³³ Therefore, this woman—in the resurrection—whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as a wife.”

³⁴ And Jesus said to them, “The sons of ^(D)this age marry and 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, because they are like angels and are ^(F)sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. ³⁷ But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in ^(G)the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the ^[f]Lord ^(H)the God of Abraham, and 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 And some of the scribes answered and said, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” ⁴⁰ For ^(K)they did not dare to question Him any longer about anything.