Matthew 22:23–34

Marriage at the Resurrection

22:23–33pp—Mk 12:18–27; Lk 20:27–40

²³That same day the Sadducees,^z who say there is no resurrection,^a came to him with a question. ²⁴“Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.^{b 25}Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. ²⁶The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. ²⁷Finally, the woman died. ²⁸Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

²⁹Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures^c or the power of God. ³⁰At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage;^d they will be like the angels in heaven. ³¹But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you, ³²‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’^b?^e He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

³³When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.^f

The Greatest Commandment

22:34–40pp—Mk 12:28–31

³⁴Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,^g the Pharisees got together.