Luke 20:29-47 ▼

29 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife and died without children.

30 Also the second

31 and the third took her. In the same way, all seven died and left no children.

32 Finally, the woman died too.

33 In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her.”

34 Jesus told them, “The children of this age marry and are given in marriage.

35 But those who are counted worthy to take part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.

36 For they can no longer die, because they are like angels and are children of God, since they are children of the resurrection.

37 Moses even indicated in the passage about the burning bush that the dead are raised, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.

38 He is not the God of the dead but of the living, because all are living to him.”

39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

40 And they no longer dared to ask him anything.

41 Then he said to them, “How can they say that the Messiah is the son of David?

42 For David himself says in the Book of Psalms: The Lord declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand

43 until I make your enemies your footstool.’

44 David calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can the Messiah be his son? ”

45 While all the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

46 “Beware of the scribes, who want to go around in long robes and who love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.

47 They devour widows’ houses and say long prayers just for show. These will receive harsher judgment.”