Mat 22:23-33, Luk 20:27-40 | ISV | STEP | A Question about the Resurrection That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him,

Matthew 22:23-33

23 A Question about the Resurrection Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40That same day some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him} and asked him,Mark 12:18; Luke 20:27; Acts 23:8 24 “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for his brother.’ ^{▼▼Deut 25:5-6}Deut 25:5 25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother. 26 The same thing happened with the second brother, and then the third, and finally with the rest of the brothers. ^{▼▼Lit. with the seven} 27 Finally, the woman died, too. 28 Now in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be, since all of them had married ^{▼▼The Gk. lacks married} her?”

29 Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.John 20:9 30 For in the resurrection, people ^{▼▼Lit. they} neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like the angels ^{▼▼Other mss. read God's angels} in heaven.1John 3:2 31 As for the resurrection from the dead, haven't you read what was spoken to you by God when he said, 32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? ^{▼▼Exod 3:6} He ^{▼▼Other mss. read God} is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”Exod 3:6, 16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32; Heb 11:16

33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.Matt 7:28

Luke 20:27-40

27 A Question about the Resurrection Matthew 22:23-33; Mark 12:18-27Now some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesus ^{▼▼Lit. him}Matt 22:23; Mark 12:18; Acts 23:6, 8 28 and asked him, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no child, the man ^{▼▼Lit. the brother} should marry the widow and have children for his brother.Deut 25:5 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died childless. 30 Then the second 31 and the third married her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children. 32 Finally, the woman died, too. 33 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will the woman be, since the seven had married her?”

34 Jesus said to them, “Those who belong to this age marry and are married, 35 but those who are considered worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 Nor can they die anymore, for they are like the angels and, since they share in the resurrection, are God's children.Rom 8:23; 1Cor 15:42, 49, 52; 1John 3:2 37 Even Moses demonstrated in the story about the bush that the dead are raised, when he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ ^{▼▼Exod 3:6, 15, 16}Exod 3:6 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all people are alive to him.” ^{▼▼Or all who are with him are alive}Rom 6:10-11

39 Then some of the scribes replied, “Teacher, you have given a fine answer.” 40 For they no longer dared to ask him another question.