New Testament in a Year
23 (A)On that day Sadducees approached him, saying that there is no resurrection.[a] They put this question to him, 24 (B)saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies[b] without children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died and, having no descendants, left his wife to his brother. 26 The same happened with the second and the third, through all seven. 27 Finally the woman died. 28 Now at the resurrection, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had been married to her.” 29 [c]Jesus said to them in reply, “You are misled because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God. 30 At the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels in heaven. 31 And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you[d] by God, 32 (C)‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” 33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
The Greatest Commandment.[e] 34 (D)When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, 35 and one of them [a scholar of the law][f] tested him by asking, 36 “Teacher,[g] which commandment in the law is the greatest?” 37 (E)He said to him,[h] “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. 38 This is the greatest and the first commandment. 39 (F)The second is like it:[i] You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 [j](G)The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
The Question About David’s Son.[k] 41 (H)While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus questioned them,[l] 42 [m]saying, “What is your opinion about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” They replied, “David’s.” 43 He said to them, “How, then, does David, inspired by the Spirit, call him ‘lord,’ saying:
44 (I)‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I place your enemies under your feet”’?
45 [n]If David calls him ‘lord,’ how can he be his son?” 46 (J)No one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
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