Matthew 22:23-33

Expanded Bible

Some Sadducees Try to Trick Jesus^(A)

²³That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him a question. (Sadducees believed that people would not rise from the dead.) ²⁴They said, “Teacher, Moses said if a married man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and ·have children [^Lraise up offspring/seed] for him [Deut. 25:5]. ²⁵Once there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died. Since he had no ·children [offspring], his brother married the widow. ²⁶Then the second brother also died. The same thing happened to the third brother ·and all the other brothers [^Ldown to the seventh]. ²⁷Finally, the woman died. ²⁸Since all seven men had married her, ·when people rise from the dead [^Lat the resurrection], whose wife will she be?”

²⁹Jesus answered, “You ·don’t understand [are mistaken/deceived], because you don’t know what the Scriptures say, and you don’t know about the power of God. ³⁰[^LFor] ·When people rise from the dead [^LAt the resurrection], they will not marry, nor will they be given to someone to marry. They will be like the angels in heaven. ³¹·Surely you have read [^LHave you not read…?] what God said to you ·about rising [concerning the resurrection] from the dead. ³²God said, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob [Ex. 3:6; ^CGod is still the God of the patriarchs, so they must have a continued existence after death].’ God is the God of the living, not the dead.”