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25 Well, suppose there were seven brothers. The oldest one married and then died without children, so his brother married the widow.
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Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
26 But the second brother also died, and the third brother married her. This continued with all seven of them.
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The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
27 Last of all, the woman also died.
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Finally, the woman died.
28 So tell us, whose wife will she be in the resurrection? For all seven were married to her.”
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Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”
29 Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
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Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
30 For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.
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At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
31 “But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven’t you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,
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But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you,
32 ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ So he is the God of the living, not the dead.”
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‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”
33 When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching.
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When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees with his reply, they met together to question him again.
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Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.
35 One of them, an expert in religious law, tried to trap him with this question:
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One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
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