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- That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.
- "Teacher," they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.
- Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.
- The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.
- Finally, the woman died.
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- On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,
- asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.'
- "Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;
- so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.
- "Last of all, the woman died.
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- Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?"
- Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
- At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.
- But about the resurrection of the dead--have you not read what God said to you,
- 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living."
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- "In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her."
- But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.
- "For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- "But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:
- 'I 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."
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- When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching.
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- When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
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