Matthew 22:23-33

Jesus Answers the Sadducees

23 ¹On that day some ²Sadducees (who say ³there is no resurrection ) came to Jesus and questioned Him,

24 asking, "Teacher, Moses said, '⁴IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.'

25 "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;

26 so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

27 "Last of all, the woman died.

28 "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."

29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, ⁵not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.

30 "For in the resurrection they neither ⁶marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

31 "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

32 '⁷I 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 When the crowds heard this, ⁸they were astonished at His teaching.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 22:23-33: {Mark 12:18-27; Luke 20:27-40}
• 2. Matthew 3:7
• 3. Acts 23:8
• 4. Deuteronomy 25:5
• 5. John 20:9
• 6. Matthew 24:38; Luke 17:27
• 7. Exodus 3:6
• 8. Matthew 7:28

Footnotes

• [a] Or "knowing"