Jesus Debates the Sadducees on the Resurrection

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In that day there came near to him Sadducees, who are saying there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

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`Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.

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`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;

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in like manner also the second, and the third, unto the seventh,

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and last of all died also the woman;

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therefore in the rising again, of which of the seven shall she be wife--for all had her?'

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And Jesus answering said to them, `Ye go astray, not knowing the Writings, nor the power of God;

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for in the rising again they do not marry, nor are they given in marriage, but are as messengers of God in heaven.

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`And concerning the rising again of the dead, did ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

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I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not a God of dead men, but of living.'

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And having heard, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching;