Matthew 22:26-36

26 So also the second and the third, up to the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died.
28 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her [as wife]."
29 But Jesus answered [and] said to them, "You are mistaken, [because] you do not know the scriptures or the power of God!
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
31 Now concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, who said,
32 "I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob"? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living!"
33 And [when] the crowds heard [this], they were amazed at his teaching.

The Greatest Commandment

34 Now [when] the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled at the same [place].
35 And one of them, a legal expert, put a question to [him] to test him:
36 "Teacher, which commandment [is] greatest in the law?"

Footnotes 10

  • [a]. *The words "[as wife]" are not in the Greek text but are implied
  • [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
  • [c]. *Here "[because]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("know") which is understood as causal
  • [d]. Some manuscripts omit "of God"
  • [e]. A quotation from Exod 3:6
  • [f]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
  • [g]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [h]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("heard") which is understood as temporal
  • [i]. Or "they assembled together"
  • [j]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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