Jesus Debates the Sadducees on the Resurrection

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That same day, some Tz'dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh'eilah:

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"Rabbi, Moshe said, `If a man dies childless, his brother must marry his widow and have children to preserve the man's family line.'

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There were seven brothers. The first one married and then died; and since he had no children, he left his widow to his brother.

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The same thing happened to the second brother, and the third, and finally to all seven.

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After them all, the woman died.

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Now in the Resurrection -- of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all married her."

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Yeshua answered them, "The reason you go astray is that you are ignorant both of the Tanakh and of the power of God.

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For in the Resurrection, neither men nor women will marry; rather, they will be like angels in heaven.

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And as for whether the dead are resurrected, haven't you read what God said to you,

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`I am the God of Avraham, the God of Yitz'chak and the God of Ya`akov'? He is God not of the dead but of the living!"

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When the crowds heard how he taught, they were astounded;