Luke 20:27–47

Some Sadducees Try to Trick Jesus

²⁷Some Sadducees, who believed people would not rise from the dead, came to Jesus. ²⁸They asked, “Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, then that man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. ²⁹Once there were seven brothers. The first brother married and died, but had no children. ³⁰Then the second brother married the widow, and he died. ³¹And the third brother married the widow, and he died. The same thing happened with all seven brothers; they died and had no children. ³²Finally, the woman died also. ³³Since all seven brothers had married her, whose wife will she be when people rise from the dead?”

³⁴Jesus said to them, “On earth, people marry and are given to someone to marry. ³⁵But those who will be worthy to be raised from the dead and live again will not marry, nor will they be given to someone to marry. ³⁶In that life they are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from the dead. ³⁷Even Moses clearly showed that the dead are raised to life. When he wrote about the burning bush, ⁿ he said that the Lord is ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ ^{n 38}God is the God of the living, not the dead, because all people are alive to him.”

³⁹Some of the teachers of the law said, “Teacher, your answer was good.” ⁴⁰No one was brave enough to ask him another question.

Is the Christ the Son of David?

⁴¹Then Jesus said, “Why do people say that the Christ is the Son of David? ⁴²In the book of Psalms, David himself says:

‘The Lord said to my Lord,

“Sit by me at my right side,

⁴³until I put your enemies under your control.” ’ ⁿ

⁴⁴David calls the Christ ‘Lord,’ so how can the Christ be his son?”

Jesus Accuses Some Leaders

⁴⁵While all the people were listening, Jesus said to his followers, ⁴⁶“Beware of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around wearing fancy clothes, and they love for people to greet them with respect in the marketplaces. They love to have the most important seats in the synagogues and at feasts. ⁴⁷But they cheat widows and steal their houses and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. They will receive a greater punishment.”