23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, 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 have children for him. |
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. |
26 The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh. |
27 Finally, the woman died. |
28 Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?" |
29 Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. |
30 At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. |
31 But 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'1 22:32 Exodus 3:6 ? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." |
33 When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. |