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34  Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a Mohi, Taraia mau etahi papa kohatu, kia rua, kia rite ki o mua: a ka tuhituhia e ahau ki aua papa nga kupu i mau ki o mua papa, i wahia na e koe.

A kia takatu i te ata, ka haere ake i te ata ki Maunga Hinai, a me tu koe i toku aroaro, ki reira, ki te tihi o te maunga.

Kaua hoki tetahi e haere ake i a koe, kei kitea hoki tetahi i te maunga katoa: ko nga hipi hoki, me nga kau, kaua e kai ki te ritenga o taua maunga.

Na taraia ana e ia etahi papa kohatu e rua, rite tonu ki o mua; a ka maranga wawe a Mohi i te ata, ka piki atu ki Maunga Hinai, ka pera ano me ta Ihowa i whakahau ai ki a ia, me te mau ano i nga papa kohatu e rua ki tona ringa.

Na ka heke iho a Ihowa i roto i te kapua, ka tu tahi me ia ki reira, a ka karangatia te ingoa o Ihowa.

Na ka haere atu a Ihowa i tona aroaro, a ka karangatia, Ko Ihowa, ko Ihowa, ko te Atua tohu, atawhai, he tukuroa nei i te riri, he nui nei te aroha, te pono,

E rongoa nei i te aroha mo nga mano, e muru nei i te kino, i te tutu, i te hara, e kore rawa ano hoki e tuku noa i te he; e mea nei i te hara o nga matua kia tau iho ki nga tamariki, ki nga tamariki a nga tamariki a te toru, te wha ra ano o nga w hakatupuranga.

Na ka hohoro a Mohi, ka tuohu iho ki te whenua, koropiko ana:

A ka mea, Ki te mea kua manakohia mai ahau e koe, e te Ariki, kia haere ra toku Ariki i waenganui i a matou; he iwi kaki maro hoki tenei; murua atu hoki to matou kino, me to matou hara, waiho hoki matou hei taonga tupu mou.

10 Na ka mea ia, Nana, ka whakarite kawenata ahau; ka meatia e ahau he mea whakamiharo ki te aroaro o tou iwi katoa, he mea kihai i meatia i te whenua katoa, i nga iwi katoa ano hoki: a ka kitea te mahi a Ihowa e te iwi katoa kei roto nei koe i a r atou: he mea whakamataku hoki taku e mahi tahi ai ahau me koe.

11 Kia mau ki taku e whakahau atu nei ki a koe inaianei: nana, ka peia atu e ahau nga Amori, nga Kanaani, nga Hiti, nga Perihi, nga Hiwi, nga Iepuhi.

12 Kia tupato kei whakarite kawenata koe ki nga tangata o te whenua e haere nei koe ki reira; kei waiho hei rore i waenganui i a koe:

13 Engari me wawahi a ratou aata, me pakarukaru a ratou whakapakoko, me tua hoki a ratou Aherimi.

14 Kahore atu hoki he atua hei koropikotanga mau: ko Ihowa hoki, ko Hae nei tona ingoa, he Atua hae ia:

15 Kei whakarite kawenata koe ki nga tangata o te whenua, a ka whai atu ratou, ka puremu atu ki o ratou atua, a ka patu whakahere ma o ratou atua, a ka karangatia koe e tetahi, na ka kai koe i tana patunga tapu;

16 A ka tango koe i a ratou tamahine ma au tama, a ka whai atu, ka puremu atu a ratou tamahine ki o ratou atua, a ka meinga au tamariki kia whai atu, kia puremu atu ki o ratou atua.

17 Kaua e whakarewaina he atua mou.

18 Kia mau ki te hakari taro rewenakore. E whitu nga ra e kai ai koe i te taro rewenakore, e pera ai me taku i whakahau ai ki a koe, i te wa ano i whakaritea o te marama, o Apipi: ko Apipi hoki te marama i haere mai ai koe i Ihipa.

19 Ko nga mea katoa e puta tuatahi mai ana i te kopu, naku; me nga matamua a au kararehe, a nga kau, a nga hipi.

20 A me utu e koe ki te reme te matamua a te kaihe; a ki te kahore e utua e koe, whatiia tona kaki. Me utu e koe nga matamua o au tama. E kore ano hoki tetahi e puta kau mai ki toku aroaro.

21 E ono nga ra e mahi ai koe, i te whitu ia o nga ra me okioki: me okioki ano koe i te ruinga, i te kotinga.

22 Me mahi ano te hakari o nga wiki, ara o nga matamua o te kotinga witi, me te hakari o te kohikohinga i te takanga o te tau.

23 E toru nga wa o te tau e kitea ai ou tane katoa ki te aroaro o te Ariki, o Ihowa, o te Atua o Iharaira.

24 Ka peia hoki e ahau nga tauiwi i tou aroaro, ka whakanuia ano ou rohe: a e kore tetahi e minamina ki tou whenua, ina haere koe ki runga kia kitea ki te aroaro o Ihowa, o tou Atua, i nga wa e toru o te tau.

25 Kaua he rewena ina whakahekea te toto o taku patunga tapu; kei toe ano hoki ki te ata te patunga tapu o te hakari o te kapenga.

26 Me kawe ki te whare o Ihowa, o tou Atua, nga mea mataati o nga matamua o tou oneone. Kaua e kohuatia te kuao koati ki te waiu o tona whaea.

27 Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a Mohi, Tuhituhia enei kupu: kei enei kupu hoki te tikanga o te kawenata e whakaritea nei e ahau ki a koe, ki a Iharaira.

28 Na i reira ia i a Ihowa e wha tekau nga ra, e wha tekau nga po; kihai i kai taro, kihai ano i inu wai. Na tuhituhia ana e ia ki nga papa nga kupu o te kawenata, nga ture kotahi tekau.

29 A, i te hekenga iho o Mohi i runga i Maunga Hinai me nga papa e rua o te whakaaturanga i te ringa o Mohi, i tona hekenga iho i runga i te maunga, na, kihai a Mohi i mohio e tiaho ana te kiri o tona mata, nona i korero ki a ia.

30 A, i te tirohanga a Arona ratou ko nga tama katoa a Iharaira ki a Mohi, na, e tiaho ana te kiri o tona mata; na ka wehi ratou ki te whakatata ki a ia.

31 Na ka karanga a Mohi ki a ratou; a ka hoki ki a ia a Arona ratou ko nga rangatira katoa o te whakaminenga; a ka korero a Mohi ki a ratou.

32 A muri iho ka whakatata nga tama katoa a Iharaira; a ka whakahaua iho e ia ki a ratou nga mea katoa i korerotia e Ihowa ki a ia i Maunga Hinai.

33 A ka mutu ta Mohi korero ki a ratou, ka maka ki tona mata he arai.

34 Otiia, ka haere a Mohi ki te aroaro o Ihowa, ki te korero ki a ia, ka tangohia e ia te arai a puta noa mai ki waho. A, ko tona putanga mai ki waho, ka korerotia e ia ki nga tama a Iharaira nga mea i whakahaua ki a ia.

35 A i kite nga tama a Iharaira i te mata o Mohi, e tiaho ana te kiri o te mata o Mohi: na ka whakahokia e Mohi te arai ki tona mata a haere noa ia ki te korero ki a ia.

35  NA ka huihuia e Mohi te whakaminenga katoa o nga tama a Iharaira, a ka mea ia ki a ratou, Ko nga kupu enei i whakahaua mai e Ihowa kia mahia.

E ono nga ra e mahia ai te mahi; ko te ra whitu ia me waiho hei ra tapu, hei hapati okiokinga ki a Ihowa: ki te mahia he mahi e tetahi tangata i taua ra, me whakamate.

Kei tahuna he ahi, puta noa i o koutou nohoanga, i te ra hapati.

I korero ano a Mohi ki te whakaminenga katoa o nga tama a Iharaira, i mea, Ko te mea tenei i whakahau mai ai a Ihowa, i mea ai,

Tangohia i roto i a koutou he whakahere ma Ihowa: ko nga tangata katoa he ngakau hihiko o ratou, me kawe mai e ratou taua mea hei whakahere ki a Ihowa; he koura, he hiriwa, he parahi,

He puru, he papura, he ngangana, he rinena pai, he huruhuru koati,

Me nga hiako hipi kua oti te whakawhero, me nga hiako pateri, me etahi rakau, hei te hitimi,

Me te hinu mo te whakamarama, me nga mea kakara mo te hinu whakawahi, mo te whakakakara reka hoki,

Me nga kohatu onika, me nga kohatu hei whakanoho ki te epora, ki te kouma.

10 Me haere mai ano nga tangata ngakau mohio katoa i roto i a koutou, ki te hanga i nga mea katoa i whakahaua mai e Ihowa;

11 I te tapenakara, i tona teneti, i tona uhi hoki, i ona toromoka, i ona papa, i ona kaho, i ona pou, i ona turanga pou,

12 I te aaka, me ona amo, i te taupoki, me te arai hipoki,

13 I te tepu, me ona amo, me ona oko katoa, me te taro aroaro,

14 I te turanga rama hoki mo te whakamarama me ona mea, me ona rama, me te hinu hoki mo te whakamarama,

15 Me te aata whakakakara, me ona amo, me te hinu whakawahi, me te whakakakara reka, me te pa mo te whatitoka i te tomokanga atu o te tapenakara,

16 I te aata mo te tahunga tinana, me tona pae kupenga parahi, i ona amo me ona mea katoa, i te takotoranga wai me tona turanga,

17 I nga pa o te marae, i ona pou, me nga turanga pou, me te pa mo te whatitoka o te marae,

18 I nga titi o te tapenakara, me nga titi o te marae, me nga aho,

19 I nga kakahu mo te mahi minita ina minita ki te wahi tapu, i nga kakahu tapu mo Arona, mo te tohunga, me nga kakahu mo ana tama, mo te mahi tohunga.

20 Katahi ka haere atu te whakaminenga katoa o nga tama a Iharaira i te aroaro o Mohi.

21 Na ka haere ratou, nga tangata i toko ake o ratou ngakau me nga tangata i hihiko noa ake o ratou wairua, me te kawe ano i te whakahere ma Ihowa, mo te mahi o te tapenakara o te whakaminenga, mo ona mahi katoa, mo nga kakahu tapu.

22 I haere hoki ratou, nga tane, nga wahine, nga mea i hihiko noa te ngakau, a kawea ana e ratou nga poroporo, nga whakakai, nga mowhiti, nga heitiki, he mea koura katoa: i tukua ano hoki e tera, e tera, he whakahere koura ki a Ihowa.

23 A, ko nga tangata katoa i kitea nei he puru ki a ratou, he papura, he ngangana, he rinena pai, he huruhuru koati, he hiako hipi kua oti te whakawhero, he hiako pateri, i kawea mai e ratou.

24 Ko nga tangata katoa i whakahere nei i te hiriwa, i te parahi, i kawea mai e ratou te whakahere ki a Ihowa: me nga tangata katoa i kitea nei he rakau hitimi ki a ratou mo tetahi meatanga o te mahi, i kawea mai ano e ratou.

25 Me nga wahine ngakau mohio katoa, i whatu o ratou ringa, a kawe mai ana ta ratou i whatu ai, te puru, te papura, te ngangana, te rinena pai.

26 A i whatu ano nga wahine katoa, i toko ake nei o ratou ngakau ki te mohio, i te huruhuru koati.

27 I kawea mai ano e nga rangatira nga kohatu onika, me nga kohatu hei whakanoho, mo te epora, mo te kouma;

28 Me te mea kakara, me te hinu mo te whakamarama, mo te hinu whakawahi, mo te whakakakara reka.

29 I kawea mai he whakahere tuku noa ki a Ihowa e nga tama a Iharaira, e nga tane, e nga wahine katoa, i toko ake nei o ratou ngakau ki te kawe mai, mo nga tini mahi i whakahaua e Ihowa kia mahia, a i korerotia e Mohi.

30 Na ka mea a Mohi ki nga tama a Iharaira, Titiro, kua karangatia e Ihowa te ingoa o Petareere tama a Uri, tama a Huru, o te iwi o Hura;

31 Kua whakakiia ano hoki e ia ki te wairua o te Atua, ki te ngakau tupato, ki te whakaaro, ki te mohio, ki nga mahi katoa ano hoki:

32 Hei whakaaro ki nga mahi a te tohunga, mo te mahi i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te parahi,

33 Mo te tuhi kohatu, mo te whakanoho, mo te whakairo rakau, mo te mahi i nga mahi katoa a te tohunga.

34 Kua homai ano te ako ki tona ngakau, ki a raua ko Ahoriapa, tama a Ahihamaka, o te iwi o Rana.

35 Kua whakakiia raua e ia ki te ngakau mahara, hei mahi i nga tini mahi, a te kaituhi, a te mea mohio, a te kaiwhakairo puru, papura, ngangana, rinena pai, a te kaiwhatu hoki, a nga kaimahi i nga tini mahi, a nga tohunga ki te mahi.

The New Stone Tablets

34 The Lord said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones,(A) and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets,(B) which you broke.(C) Be ready in the morning, and then come up on Mount Sinai.(D) Present yourself to me there on top of the mountain. No one is to come with you or be seen anywhere on the mountain;(E) not even the flocks and herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

So Moses chiseled(F) out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the Lord had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.(G) Then the Lord came down in the cloud(H) and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the Lord.(I) And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate(J) and gracious God, slow to anger,(K) abounding in love(L) and faithfulness,(M) maintaining love to thousands,(N) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(O) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(P) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(Q)

Moses bowed to the ground at once and worshiped. “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor(R) in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us.(S) Although this is a stiff-necked(T) people, forgive our wickedness and our sin,(U) and take us as your inheritance.”(V)

10 Then the Lord said: “I am making a covenant(W) with you. Before all your people I will do wonders(X) never before done in any nation in all the world.(Y) The people you live among will see how awesome is the work that I, the Lord, will do for you. 11 Obey what I command(Z) you today. I will drive out before you the Amorites, Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.(AA) 12 Be careful not to make a treaty(AB) with those who live in the land where you are going, or they will be a snare(AC) among you. 13 Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.[a](AD) 14 Do not worship any other god,(AE) for the Lord, whose name(AF) is Jealous, is a jealous God.(AG)

15 “Be careful not to make a treaty(AH) with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute(AI) themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices.(AJ) 16 And when you choose some of their daughters as wives(AK) for your sons and those daughters prostitute themselves to their gods,(AL) they will lead your sons to do the same.

17 “Do not make any idols.(AM)

18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(AN) For seven days eat bread made without yeast,(AO) as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(AP) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

19 “The first offspring(AQ) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.(AR) Redeem all your firstborn sons.(AS)

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(AT)

21 “Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest;(AU) even during the plowing season and harvest(AV) you must rest.

22 “Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits(AW) of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering(AX) at the turn of the year.[b] 23 Three times(AY) a year all your men are to appear before the Sovereign Lord, the God of Israel. 24 I will drive out nations(AZ) before you and enlarge your territory,(BA) and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the Lord your God.

25 “Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast,(BB) and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.(BC)

26 “Bring the best of the firstfruits(BD) of your soil to the house of the Lord your God.

“Do not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”(BE)

27 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write(BF) down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant(BG) with you and with Israel.” 28 Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights(BH) without eating bread or drinking water.(BI) And he wrote on the tablets(BJ) the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.(BK)

The Radiant Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai(BL) with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands,(BM) he was not aware that his face was radiant(BN) because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community(BO) came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands(BP) the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil(BQ) over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant.(BR) Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

Sabbath Regulations

35 Moses assembled the whole Israelite community and said to them, “These are the things the Lord has commanded(BS) you to do: For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath(BT) rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.(BU) Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.(BV)

Materials for the Tabernacle(BW)(BX)

Moses said to the whole Israelite community, “This is what the Lord has commanded: From what you have, take an offering for the Lord. Everyone who is willing is to bring to the Lord an offering of gold, silver and bronze; blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen; goat hair; ram skins dyed red and another type of durable leather[c]; acacia wood; olive oil(BY) for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense; and onyx stones and other gems to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.

10 “All who are skilled among you are to come and make everything the Lord has commanded:(BZ) 11 the tabernacle(CA) with its tent and its covering, clasps, frames, crossbars, posts and bases; 12 the ark(CB) with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain(CC) that shields it; 13 the table(CD) with its poles and all its articles and the bread of the Presence; 14 the lampstand(CE) that is for light with its accessories, lamps and oil for the light; 15 the altar(CF) of incense with its poles, the anointing oil(CG) and the fragrant incense;(CH) the curtain for the doorway at the entrance to the tabernacle;(CI) 16 the altar(CJ) of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils; the bronze basin(CK) with its stand; 17 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard;(CL) 18 the tent pegs(CM) for the tabernacle and for the courtyard, and their ropes; 19 the woven garments worn for ministering in the sanctuary—both the sacred garments(CN) for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests.”

20 Then the whole Israelite community withdrew from Moses’ presence, 21 and everyone who was willing and whose heart moved them came and brought an offering to the Lord for the work on the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the sacred garments. 22 All who were willing, men and women alike, came and brought gold jewelry of all kinds: brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments. They all presented their gold as a wave offering to the Lord. 23 Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn(CO) or fine linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or the other durable leather brought them. 24 Those presenting an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the work brought it. 25 Every skilled woman(CP) spun with her hands and brought what she had spun—blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine linen. 26 And all the women who were willing and had the skill spun the goat hair. 27 The leaders(CQ) brought onyx stones and other gems(CR) to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece. 28 They also brought spices and olive oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense.(CS) 29 All the Israelite men and women who were willing(CT) brought to the Lord freewill offerings(CU) for all the work the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do.

Bezalel and Oholiab(CV)

30 Then Moses said to the Israelites, “See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 31 and he has filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills(CW) 32 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 33 to cut and set stones, to work in wood and to engage in all kinds of artistic crafts. 34 And he has given both him and Oholiab(CX) son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, the ability to teach(CY) others. 35 He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work(CZ) as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers—all of them skilled workers and designers.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:13 That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah
  2. Exodus 34:22 That is, in the autumn
  3. Exodus 35:7 Possibly the hides of large aquatic mammals; also in verse 23

23 I taua ra ka haere mai ki a ia nga Haruki, e mea nei kahore he aranga, ka ui ki a ia,

24 Ka mea, E te Kaiwhakaako, i mea a Mohi, Ki te mate te tangata, a kahore ana tamariki, ma tona teina e marena tana wahine, e whakatupu ake he uri mo tona tuakana.

25 Na tokowhitu tetahi whanau i a matou, he tuakana, he teina: te marenatanga o te tuatahi, ka mate, a hore ona uri, waiho iho tana wahine ma tona teina.

26 Me te tuarua ano, me te tuatoru, puta noa i te tuawhitu.

27 A, muri iho i a ratou katoa, ka mate te wahine.

28 Na, i te aranga, ma wai o te tokowhitu te wahine? i a ratou katoa nei hoki ia.

29 Na ka whakahoki a Ihu, ka mea ki a ratou, E he ana koutou, te mohio ki nga karaipiture, ki te kaha ano o te Atua.

30 I te aranga hoki e kore ratou e marena, e kore ano e hoatu kia marenatia, engari ka rite ki nga anahera a te Atua i te rangi.

31 Na, ko te aranga o te hunga mate, kahore ano koutou i kite i ta te Atua i korero ai ki a koutou, i mea ai,

32 Ko ahau te Atua o Aperahama, te Atua o Ihaka, te Atua o Hakopa? ehara te Atua i te Atua no te hunga mate, engari no te hunga ora.

33 A, no ka rongo te mano, ka miharo ki tana ako.

34 No te rongonga ia o nga Parihi, kua kapi i a ia te mangai o nga Haruki, ka whakamine tahi ratou.

35 Na ka ui tetahi o ratou, he kaiako i te ture, ka whakamatautau i a ia, ka mea,

36 E te Kaiwhakaako, ko tehea te kupu nui o te ture?

37 Ka mea a Ihu ki a ia, Kia whakapaua tou ngakau, tou wairua, tou hinengaro, ki te aroha ki te Ariki, ki tou Atua.

38 Ko te tuatahi tenei, ko te kupu nui.

39 He rite ano te tuarua ki tenei, Kia aroha koe ki tou hoa tata, ano ko koe.

40 Kei runga i enei kupu e rua e iri ana te ture me nga poropiti.

41 A, i nga Parihi e noho huihui ana, ka ui a Ihu ki a ratou,

42 Ka mea, He pehea o koutou whakaaro ki a te Karaiti? Na wai ia tama? Ka mea ratou ki a ia, Na Rawiri.

43 Ka mea ia ki a ratou, He aha ra a Rawiri, i a ia e nohoia ana e te Wairua, i karanga ai i a ia he Ariki? i mea hoki ia,

44 I mea te Ariki ki toku Ariki, hei toku matau koe noho ai, kia meinga ra ano e ahau ou hoariri hei turanga waewae mou.

45 Na, ka kiia nei ia e Rawiri he Ariki, he pehea i tama ai ki a ia?

46 A hore he tangata i ahei te whakahoki kupu ki a ia, kihai rawa ano tetahi i maia ki te ui ki a ia i taua ra iho ano.

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Marriage at the Resurrection(A)

23 That same day the Sadducees,(B) who say there is no resurrection,(C) came to him with a question. 24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.(D) 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

29 Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures(E) or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage;(F) they will be like the angels in heaven. 31 But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]?(G) He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.(H)

The Greatest Commandment(I)

34 Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,(J) the Pharisees got together. 35 One of them, an expert in the law,(K) tested him with this question: 36 “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’[b](L) 38 This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[c](M) 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”(N)

Whose Son Is the Messiah?(O)

41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 “What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?”

“The son of David,”(P) they replied.

43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

44 “‘The Lord said to my Lord:
    “Sit at my right hand
until I put your enemies
    under your feet.”’[d](Q)

45 If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.(R)

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:32 Exodus 3:6
  2. Matthew 22:37 Deut. 6:5
  3. Matthew 22:39 Lev. 19:18
  4. Matthew 22:44 Psalm 110:1