Matthew 22:25-35

25 Now, there were seven brothers who used to live here. The oldest got married and died without having children, so he left his widow to his brother.
26 The same thing happened to the second brother, to the third, and finally to all seven.
27 Last of all, the woman died.
28 Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All of them had married her."
29 Jesus answered them, "How wrong you are! It is because you don't know the Scriptures or God's power.
30 For when the dead rise to life, they will be like the angels in heaven and will not marry. 1
31 Now, as for the dead rising to life: haven't you ever read what God has told you? He said,
32 "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' He is the God of the living, not of the dead." 2
33 When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching.
34 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they came together,
35 and one of them, a teacher of the Law, tried to trap him with a question.

Cross References 2

  • 1. +222.30Wisdom 5.5.
  • 2. 22.32Exodus 3.6.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.