Matthew 22:23–34

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

²³The same day some Sadducees, ^ewho say there is no resurrection, came up to Him and questioned Him: ^f24“Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother. ^gh25Now there were seven brothers among us. The first got married and died. Having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶The same happened to the second also, and the third, and so to all seven. ⁱ²⁷Then last of all the woman died. ²⁸In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had married her.” ^j

²⁹Jesus answered them, “You are deceived, because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God. ³⁰For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like ^kangels in heaven. ^l31Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read what was spoken to you by God: ³²I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? ^mnHe ^ois not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

³³And when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

The Primary Commands

³⁴When ^pthe Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they came together.