Matthew 22:23–34

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

^23aOn that day some ^bSadducees (who say ^cthere is no resurrection) came to Jesus and asked Him a question,

²⁴saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘^aIf a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife and raise up a seed for his brother.’

²⁵“Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no ¹seed, he left his wife to his brother;

²⁶so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

²⁷“And last of all, the woman died.

²⁸“In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her.”

²⁹But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, ^anot ¹understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.

³⁰“For in the resurrection they neither ^amarry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

³¹“But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

³²‘^aI am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

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

The Foremost Commandment

^34aBut when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced ^bthe Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.