Mark 12:18-27

18 ¹Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection ) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

19 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ²IF A MAN'S BROTHER DIES and leaves behind a wife AND LEAVES NO CHILD, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER.

20 "There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.

21 "The second one married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise;

22 and so all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also.

23 "In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her."

24 Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God?

25 "For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

26 "But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, ³in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, '⁴I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, and the God of Jacob '?

27 "⁵He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken."

Cross References

• 1. Mark 12:18-27: {Matthew 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-38;} Acts 23:8
• 2. Deuteronomy 25:5
• 3. Luke 20:37; Romans 11:2
• 4. Exodus 3:6
• 5. Matthew 22:32; Luke 20:38

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "take"
• [b] Lit "took"
• [c] Lit "the seven"
• [d] Early mss do not contain "when they rise again"
• [e] Lit "the seven"
• [f] Or "know"
• [g] Lit "concerning the dead, that they rise"
• [h] Or "of corpses"