22 And when they[a] heard this,[b] they were astonished, and they left him and[c] went away.

A Question About Marriage and the Resurrection

23 On that day Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and asked him, 24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said if someone dies without having children, his brother is to marry his wife and father[d] descendants for his brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 22:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Matthew 22:22 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  3. Matthew 22:22 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“left”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Matthew 22:24 Literally “raise up”

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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