Mark 12:23-44 ▼

23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had the very same wife.

24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, from not knowing the scriptures, and the power of God?

25 For when they rise from the dead, they will neither marry, nor be given in marriage; but they are as the angels which are in heaven.

26 But concerning the dead, that they do rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spake to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye are therefore vastly erroneous.

28 And one of the scribes coming, and hearing them questioning him, perceiving that he had answered them admirably, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord:

30 and thou shalt love the Lord thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment.

31 And the second, like it, is this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is no greater commandment than these.

32 And the scribe said unto him, Admirably, Master! thou hast spoken the very truth: for there is one God; and there is no other besides him:

33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength; and to love his neighbour as himself, is better than all burnt offerings, and sacrifices.

34 And Jesus perceiving that he had answered as a man of intelligence, said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man thenceforth presumed to question him.

35 And Jesus addressing them said, as he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that the Messiah is the Son of David?

36 for David himself saith by the Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thy enemies the foot-stool for thy feet.

37 David himself therefore calleth him Lord; and whence then is he his son? And a vast multitude heard him with delight.

38 And he spake to them in the course of his teaching, Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in trailing robes, and like salutations in the places of concourse,

39 and the principal seats in the synagogues, and the first couch at suppers:

40 who devour widows? houses, and in pretence make long prayers: such shall receive greater damnation.

41 And as Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, he saw a multitude casting money into the treasury: and many who were rich cast in many pieces .

42 And one poor widow coming, cast in two mites, which is a farthing.

43 And having called his disciples, he said unto them, I tell you truly, that this poor widow hath cast in more than all who have cast into the treasury:

44 for all they have cast in of their superfluities; but she from her indigence hath cast in all that she had, even her whole substance.