Bible Verses About Sadducees

Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘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. You are badly mistaken!”

Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.”

Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

Then the second

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

And last of all, the woman died.

So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘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, for to Him all are alive.”

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

And they did not dare to question Him any further.

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,