Matthew 22:23–33

The Question about Rising from Death

^23*That same day some Sadducees came to Jesus and claimed that people will not rise from death. ^24*“Teacher,” they said, “Moses said that if a man who has no children dies, his brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man’s children. ²⁵Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The eldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow to his brother. ²⁶The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third, and finally to all seven. ²⁷Last of all, the woman died. ²⁸Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All of them had married her.”

²⁹Jesus answered them, “How wrong you are! It is because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power. ³⁰For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. ³¹Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven’t you ever read what God has told you? He said, ^32*‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ He is the God of the living, not of the dead.”

³³When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.