Matthew 22:23-33

Modern English Version

The Question About the Resurrection^(A)

²³ The same day the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him, ²⁴ “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry his wife and raise up children for his brother.’^{[a] 25} Now there were seven brothers with us. The first died after he married and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. ²⁶ Likewise the second and third, on to the seventh. ²⁷ Last of all, the woman died also. ²⁸ Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven. ³¹ But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, ³² ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^[b]? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³³ When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.