The Sadducees and the Resurrection

18 Some(A) Sadducees,(B) who say there is no resurrection,(C) came to Him and questioned Him: 19 “Teacher,(D) Moses(E) wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaves his wife behind, and leaves no child,(F) his brother should take the wife(G) and produce offspring for his brother.(H)[a] 20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying, left no offspring. 21 The second also took her, and he died, leaving no offspring. And the third likewise. 22 So the seven[b] left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died too. 23 In the resurrection, when they rise,[c] whose wife will she be, since the seven had married her?”[d]

24 Jesus told them, “Are you not deceived because you don’t know the Scriptures(I) or the power(J) of God?(K) 25 For when they rise(L) from the dead,(M) they neither marry nor are given in marriage(N) but are like angels(O) in heaven. 26 Now concerning the dead being raised—haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I(P) am the God of Abraham(Q) and the God of Isaac(R) and the God of Jacob?(S)[e] 27 He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:19 Gn 38:8; Dt 25:5
  2. Mark 12:22 Other mss add had taken her and
  3. Mark 12:23 Other mss omit when they rise
  4. Mark 12:23 Lit the seven had her as a wife
  5. Mark 12:26 Ex 3:6,15-16

The Sadducees and the Resurrection

27 Some(A) of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection,(B) came up and questioned Him: 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother has a wife, and dies childless, his brother should take the wife and produce offspring for his brother.(C)[a] 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children. 30 Also the second[b] 31 and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”[c]

34 Jesus told them, “The sons of this age(D) marry and are given in marriage.(E) 35 But those who are counted worthy(F) to take part in that age(G) and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. 36 For they cannot die anymore,(H) because they are like angels and are sons of God,(I) since they are sons of the resurrection. 37 Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.(J)[d] 38 He is not God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to[e] Him.”(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:28 Dt 25:5
  2. Luke 20:30 Other mss add took her as wife, and he died without children
  3. Luke 20:33 Lit had her as wife
  4. Luke 20:37 Ex 3:6,15
  5. Luke 20:38 Or with

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