The Life of Jesus

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

`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.

`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;

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

and last of all died also the woman;

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

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

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

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

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.'

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

and the Pharisees, having heard that he did silence the Sadducees, were gathered together unto him;

and one of them, a lawyer, did question, tempting him, and saying,

`Teacher, which is the great command in the Law?'

And Jesus said to him, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thine understanding--

this is a first and great command;

and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

on these--the two commands--all the law and the prophets do hang.'

And the Pharisees having been gathered together, Jesus did question them,

saying, `What do ye think concerning the Christ? of whom is he son?' They say to him, `Of David.'

He saith to them, `How then doth David in the Spirit call him lord, saying,

The Lord said to my lord, Sit at my right hand, till I may make thine enemies thy footstool?

If then David doth call him lord, how is he his son?'

And no one was able to answer him a word, nor durst any from that day question him any more.

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples,