New Testament in a Year

²⁷ Marriage and the Resurrection.^[a] Then some Sadducees, who assert that there is no resurrection, approached him and posed this question: ²⁸ “Teacher, Moses wrote down for us that if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must marry his brother’s wife and raise up children for his brother. ²⁹ Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman but died childless. ³⁰ Then the second ³¹ and the third married the widow, and it was the same with all seven: they all died leaving no children. ³² Last of all, the woman also died. ³³ Now at the resurrection, whose wife will the woman be, inasmuch as all seven had her?”

³⁴ Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage, ³⁵ but those who are judged worthy of taking part in the age to come and in the resurrection of the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. ³⁶ They are no longer subject to death, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are children of the resurrection.

³⁷ “That the dead are raised Moses himself showed in the account about the bush where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. ³⁸ He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for in his sight all are alive.”

³⁹ Some of the scribes then said, “Teacher, you have answered well.” ⁴⁰ And they no longer dared to ask him anything.

⁴¹ Jesus Is Lord.^[b] Then Jesus said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David? ⁴² For David himself says in the Book of Psalms:

⁴⁴ David thus calls him ‘Lord’; so how can he be his son?”

⁴⁵ Denunciation of the Scribes.^[c] While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, ⁴⁶ “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes and who love to be greeted respectfully in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. ⁴⁷ They devour the houses of widows, while for the sake of appearance they recite lengthy prayers. They will receive the severest possible condemnation.”