Luke 20:27-47 ▼

27 And some of the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, coming near, asked Him,

28 saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, 'If any one's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, that his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.'

29 There were, therefore, seven brothers; and the first, taking a wife, died childless.

30 And the second, and the third, took her;

31 and, in like manner also, the seven left no children, and died.

32 At last the woman also died.

33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of them does the woman become? for the seven had her as wife."

34 And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage;

35 but those accounted worthy to obtain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage;

36 for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the 'Bush,' when he calls the Lord 'The God of Abraham the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

38 Now He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to him."

39 And some of the scribes, answering, said, "Teacher, Thou spakest well;"

40 for no longer were they daring to question Him.

41 And He said to them, "How say they that the Christ is David's Son?

42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand,

43 until I make Thy enemies a footstool of Thy feet.'

44 David, therefore, calls Him Lord; and how is He his Son?"

45 And, while all the people were hearing, He said to the disciples,

46 "Beware of the scribes, who wish to walk about in long robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at feasts;

47 who devour the houses of widows; and, for a pretense, make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation."