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Jesus replied, “Marriage is for people here on earth.
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But in the age to come, those worthy of being raised from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
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And they will never die again. In this respect they will be like angels. They are children of God and children of the resurrection.
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“But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
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So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”
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“Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.
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And then no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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Then Jesus presented them with a question. “Why is it,” he asked, “that the Messiah is said to be the son of David?
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For David himself wrote in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit in the place of honor at my right hand
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until I humble your enemies, making them a footstool under your feet.’
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Since David called the Messiah ‘Lord,’ how can the Messiah be his son?”