The Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection

18 Then some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and asked him, 19 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us: ‘If a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no offspring. 21 The second married her and died, [fn]and he also left no offspring; the third did likewise. 22 In fact, [fn]the seven all married her and left no offspring. Last of all, the woman also died. 23 [fn]In the resurrection, when they rise again, which of them will she be the wife of? For the seven all had her as a wife.”

24 Jesus [fn]answered them, “Is this not why you are in error, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? 25 For when people rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are they given in marriage. Instead, they are like [fn]the angels in heaven. 26 But as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but [fn]the God of the living. You have [fn]therefore made a serious error.”