God of the Living

23On that day Sadducees came to him, saying there is no resurrection, and they questioned him.

24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.’”

25There were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring, he left his wife to his brother.

26Likewise also the second and the third, until all seven.

27Last of all, the woman died.

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

29But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.”

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

31Concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

32‘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.

33And when the crowds heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.