22 And when they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went their way.

23 (A)[a]The same day the Sadducees came to him, (which say that there is no resurrection) and asked him,

24 Saying, Master, (B)Moses said, If a man die, having no [b]children, his brother shall marry his wife by the right of alliance, and raise up seed unto his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:23 Christ voucheth the resurrection of the flesh against the Sadducees.
  2. Matthew 22:24 Under which name are daughters also comprehended, but yet as touching the family and name of a man, because he that left daughters was in no better case, than if he had left no children at all, (for they were not reckoned in the family) by the name of children are Sons understood.

22 When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.(A)

Marriage at the Resurrection(B)

23 That same day the Sadducees,(C) who say there is no resurrection,(D) 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.(E)

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