Luke 20:27–47

Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

²⁷There came to him ^wsome Sadducees, ^xthose who deny that there is a resurrection, ²⁸and they asked him a question, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us ^ythat if a man’s brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man⁶ must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. ²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children. ³⁰And the second ³¹and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died. ³²Afterward the woman also died. ³³In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.”

³⁴And Jesus said to them, ^z“The sons of this age ^amarry and ^aare given in marriage, ³⁵but those who are ^bconsidered worthy to attain to ^cthat age and to the resurrection from the dead ^dneither marry ^dnor are given in marriage, ³⁶for ^ethey cannot die anymore, because they are ^fequal to angels and ^gare ^hsons of God, being ⁱsons⁷ of the resurrection. ³⁷But that the dead are raised, ^jeven Moses showed, in ^kthe passage about the bush, where he calls ^lthe Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ³⁸Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all ^mlive to him.” ³⁹Then some of the scribes ⁿanswered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.” ⁴⁰For ^othey no longer dared to ask him any question.

Whose Son Is the Christ?

^41pBut he said to them, “How can they say that ^qthe Christ is ^qDavid’s son? ⁴²For David himself says in the Book of Psalms,

^r“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit at my right hand,

⁴³until I make your enemies ^syour footstool.” ’

⁴⁴David thus calls him Lord, so ^thow is he his son?”

Beware of the Scribes

^45uAnd in the hearing of all the people he said to his disciples, ⁴⁶“Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and ^vthe places of honor at feasts, ^47wwho devour widows’ houses and ^xfor a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”