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then the third, and eventually all seven had their turn, but no child.
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After all that, the wife died.
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That wife, now - in the resurrection whose wife is she? All seven married her."
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Jesus said, "Marriage is a major preoccupation here,
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but not there. Those who are included in the resurrection of the dead will no longer be concerned with marriage
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nor, of course, with death. They will have better things to think about, if you can believe it. All ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God.
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Even Moses exclaimed about resurrection at the burning bush, saying, 'God: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob!'
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God isn't the God of dead men, but of the living. To him all are alive."
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Some of the religion scholars said, "Teacher, that's a great answer!"
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For a while, anyway, no one dared put questions to him.
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Then he put a question to them: "How is it that they say that the Messiah is David's son?