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saying, "Teacher, Moses said,
1'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.'
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother.
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So too the second and third, down to the seventh.
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After them all, the woman died.
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In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."
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But Jesus answered them,
"You are wrong, 2because you know neither the Scriptures nor 3the power of God.
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For in the resurrection they neither 4marry nor 5are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
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And as for the resurrection of the dead, 6have you not read what was said to you by God:
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7'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."
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And when the crowd heard it,
8they were astonished at his teaching.
The Great Commandment
34 9But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced
10the Sadducees, they gathered together.