²⁵ Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.

²⁶ In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.

²⁷ And last of all the woman died also.

²⁸ At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? for they all had her.

²⁹ And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

³⁰ For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.

³¹ And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:

³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

²⁷ And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, and they asked him,

²⁸ Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

²⁹ There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

³⁰ And the next took her to wife, and he also died childless.

³¹ And the third took her. And in like manner all the seven, and they left no children, and died.

³² Last of all the woman died also.

³³ In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? For all the seven had her to wife.

³⁴ And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

³⁵ But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world, and of the resurrection from the dead, shall neither be married, nor take wives.

³⁶ Neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels, and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

³⁷ Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed, at the bush, when he called the Lord, The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

³⁸ For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.