²⁷Some ^oof the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, ^pcame up and questioned Him: ²⁸“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother. ^q^r²⁹Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children. ³⁰Also the second ^s³¹and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children. ³²Finally, the woman died too. ³³In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.” ^t

³⁴Jesus told them, “The sons of this age ^umarry and are given in marriage. ^v³⁵But those who are counted worthy ^wto take part in that age ^xand in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. ³⁶For they cannot die anymore, ^ybecause they are like angels and are sons of God, ^zsince they are sons of the resurrection. ³⁷Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. ^a^b³⁸He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to ^cHim.” ^d

³⁹Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well.” ⁴⁰And they no longer dared to ask Him anything.

The Question about the Messiah

⁴¹Then ^eHe said to them, “How can they say that the ^•Messiah is the Son of David? ^f⁴²For David himself says in the Book of Psalms: ^g

The Lord declared to my Lord,

‘Sit at My right hand

⁴³until I make Your enemies Your footstool.’ ^hⁱ

⁴⁴David calls Him ‘Lord’; how then can the Messiah be his Son?” ^j

Warning against the Scribes

⁴⁵While ^kall the people were listening, He said to His disciples, ⁴⁶“Beware ^lof the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the front seats in the ^•synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets. ^m⁴⁷They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive greater punishment.” ⁿ

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Footnotes

s20:30 Other add took her as wife, and he died without children
t20:33 had her as wife
c20:38 Or with
•Or the Christ; the Greek word is Christos and means the anointed one. Where the NT emphasizes Christos as a name of our Lord or has a Gentile context, “Christ” is used. Where the NT Christos has a Jewish context, the title “Messiah” is used.
•This is a place where the Jewish people met for prayer, worship, and teaching of the Scriptures.
n20:47 Or judgment

Cross references

o20:27–40 Mt 22:23–33, 46; Mk 12:18–27, 34
p20:27 Ac 23:6
q20:28 Dt 25:5
r20:28 Dt 25:5
u20:34 Lk 16:8
v20:34 Lk 17:27
w20:35 Ac 5:41; 2Th 1:5
x20:35 Mk 10:30
y20:36 1Co 15:54–55; Rv 21:4
z20:36 Ps 82:6; Mt 5:45; Rm 8:14, 19; Gl 3:26
a20:37 Ex 3:6, 15–16; 4:5; Mt 1:2; Ac 3:13; 7:30–32
b20:37 Ex 3:6, 15
d20:38 Rm 6:10–11; 14:7–8; 2Co 5:14–15; Gl 2:19–20; 1Th 4:14; 5:10
e20:41–44 Mt 22:41–46; Mk 12:34–37
f20:41 Mt 1:1, 17; Lk 1:27; Rm 1:3; Eph 5:2
g20:42 Lk 24:44; Ac 1:20
h20:42–43 Ps 110:1; Ac 2:34–35; 1Co 15:25; Heb 1:13; 10:13
i20:42–43 Ps 110:1
j20:44 Rm 1:3–4
k20:45–47 Mt 23:1–36; Mk 12:37–40
l20:46 Mt 16:6
m20:46 Lk 11:43