Matthew 22:23–34

The Dead Come Back to Life—Mark 12:18–27; Luke 20:27–40

²³On that day some Sadducees, who say that people will never come back to life, came to Jesus. They asked him, ²⁴“Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother should marry his widow and have children for his brother.’ ²⁵There were seven brothers among us. The first married and died. Since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother. ²⁶The second brother also died, as well as the third, and the rest of the seven brothers. ²⁷At last the woman died. ²⁸Now, when the dead come back to life, whose wife will she be? All seven brothers had been married to her.” 

²⁹Jesus answered, “You’re mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or God’s power. ³⁰When people come back to life, they don’t marry. Rather, they are like the angels in heaven. ³¹Haven’t you read what God told you about the dead coming back to life? He said, ³²‘I am the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ He’s not the God of the dead but of the living.” 

³³He amazed the crowds who heard his teaching. 

Love God and Your Neighbor—Mark 12:28–34

³⁴When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.