New Testament in a Year
Marriage and the Resurrection
23 The same day Sadducees[a] (who say there is no resurrection)[b] came to him and asked him,[c] 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children[d] for his brother.’[e] 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 second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh. 27 Last[f] of all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”[g] 29 Jesus[h] answered them, “You are deceived,[i] because you don’t know the scriptures or the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels[j] in heaven. 31 Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,[k] 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?[l] He is not the God of the dead but of the living!”[m] 33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
The Greatest Commandment
34 Now when the Pharisees[n] heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,[o] they assembled together.[p] 35 And one of them, an expert in religious law,[q] asked him a question to test[r] him: 36 “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”[s] 37 Jesus[t] said to him, “‘Love[u] the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’[v] 38 This is the first and greatest[w] commandment. 39 The second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[x] 40 All the law and the prophets depend[y] on these two commandments.”
The Messiah: David’s Son and Lord
41 While[z] the Pharisees[aa] were assembled, Jesus asked them a question:[ab] 42 “What do you think about the Christ?[ac] Whose son is he?” They said, “The son of David.”[ad] 43 He said to them, “How then does David by the Spirit call him ‘Lord,’ saying,
44 ‘The Lord said to my lord,[ae]
“Sit at my right hand,
until I put your enemies under your feet”’?[af]
45 If David then calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”[ag] 46 No one[ah] was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.
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