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20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.
21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
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The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.
22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
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In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
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At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?”
24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
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Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
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When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
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Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
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One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 And Jesus answered him,The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
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“The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
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