Matthew 22:23–33

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

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

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

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

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

²⁷“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:

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.”

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