23. On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

24. saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

25. Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.

26. In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

27. After them all, the woman died.

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

29. But Jesus answered them,"You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

30. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.

31. But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

32. 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'Exodus 3:6God is not the God of the dead, but of the living."

33. When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

18. There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

19. "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

20. There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

21. The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

22. and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.

23. In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."

24. Jesus answered them,"Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?

25. For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

26. But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?Exodus 3:6

27. He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

27. Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.

28. They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

29. There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.

30. The second took her as wife, and he died childless.

31. The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.

32. Afterward the woman also died.

33. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

34. Jesus said to them,"The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

35. But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

36. For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

37. But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'Exodus 3:6

38. Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

39. Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

40. They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.