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The
Sadducees’ Question about Resurrection † |
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Mt.
22:23-33 * |
Mark
12:18-27 * |
Luke
20:27-40 * |
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23 The same day some
Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection; and they asked him a
question, saying, 24 "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies childless, his
brother shall marry the widow, and raise up children for his brother.' 25 Now
there were seven brothers among us; the first married, and died childless,
leaving the widow to his brother. 26 The second did the same, so also the
third, down to the seventh. 27 Last of all, the woman herself died. 28 In the
resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For all of them had
married her." 29 Jesus answered them, "You are wrong,
because you know neither the scriptures nor the power of God. 30 For in the
resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like
angels in heaven. 31 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not
read what was said to you by God, 32 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of
Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is God not of the dead, but of the
living." 33 And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his
teaching. |
18 Some Sadducees, who
say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying,
19 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a
wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for
his brother. 20 There were seven brothers; the first married and, when he
died, left no children; 21 and the second married the widow and died, leaving
no children; and the third likewise; 22 none of the seven left children. Last
of all the woman herself died. 23 In the resurrection whose wife will she be?
For the seven had married her." 24 Jesus said to them, "Is not this the
reason you are wrong, that you know neither the scriptures nor the power of
God? 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in
marriage, but are like angels in heaven. 26 And as for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the book of Moses, in the story about the bush, how God
said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob'? 27 He is God not of the dead, but of the living; you are quite
wrong." |
27 Some Sadducees, those
who say there is no resurrection, came to him 28 and asked him a question,
"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, leaving a
wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for
his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers; the first married, and died childless;
30 then the second 31 and the third married her, and so in the same way all
seven died childless. 32 Finally the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection,
therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her." 34 Jesus said to them, "Those who belong
to this age marry and are given in marriage; 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 Indeed they cannot die anymore, because
they are like angels and are children of God, being children of the
resurrection. 37 And the fact that the dead are raised Moses himself showed,
in the story about the bush, where he speaks of the Lord as the God of
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 Now he is God not of the
dead, but of the living; for to him all of them are alive." 39 Then some
of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well." 40 For
they no longer dared to ask him another question. |
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† Cf. Kurt Aland, ed., Synopsis
of the Four Gospels, rev. printing, 1985, sec. 281, pp. 247-248 * NRSV. |
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