Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
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There came to him w some Sadducees, x those who deny that there is a resurrection,
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and they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us y that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died without children.
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And the second
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and the third took her, and likewise all seven left no children and died.
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Afterward the woman also died.
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In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife."
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And Jesus said to them, z "The sons of this age a marry and a are given in marriage,
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but those who are b considered worthy to attain to c that age and to the resurrection from the dead d neither marry d nor are given in marriage,
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for e they cannot die anymore, because they are f equal to angels and g are h sons of God, being i sons of the resurrection.
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But that the dead are raised, j even Moses showed, in k the passage about the bush, where he calls l the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.
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Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all m live to him."
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Then some of the scribes n answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well."
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For o they no longer dared to ask him any question.
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Cross References
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Saddu...
Matthew 16:1
And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to te...
Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenc...
Acts 4:1
And as they were speaking to the people, the pr...
Acts 5:17
But the high priest rose up, and all who were w...
Acts 23:6
Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadd...
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Cross References
Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Acts 4:2
Greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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Luke 16:8
The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light.
Luke 10:6
And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
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Luke 17:27
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Matthew 24:38
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
Luke 20:35
But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
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Luke 17:27
They were eating and drinking and marrying and being given in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Matthew 24:38
For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark.
Luke 20:35
But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage.
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Cross References
Acts 5:41
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering -
2 Thessalonians 1:11
To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power.
Matthew 22:8
Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.
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Cross References
Luke 18:30
Who will not receive many times more in this time, and in the age to come eternal life.
Mark 10:30
Who will not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come eternal life.
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Luke 20:34
And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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Cross References
Luke 20:34
And Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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1 Corinthians 15:54 - 55
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory.
Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
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Cross References
Hebrews 2:7
You made him for a little while lower than the angels; you have crowned him with glory and honor.
Hebrews 2:9
But we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
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Cross References
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Psalms 82:6
I said, "You are gods, sons of the Most High, all of you.
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Romans 8:19
For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.
Romans 8:23
And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
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Luke 10:6
And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you.
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Luke 20:28
And they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
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Exodus 3:1 - 4:17
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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Acts 7:32
I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
Exodus 3:15
God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Exodus 3:6
And he said, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
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Cross References
Romans 6:11
So you also must consider yourselves dead to si...
Romans 14:7 - 8
For none of us lives to himself, and none of us...
2 Corinthians 5:15
And he died for all, that those who live might ...
Galatians 2:19
For through the law I died to the law, so that ...
1 Thessalonians 5:10
Who died for us so that whether we are awake or...
1 Peter 4:2
So as to live for the rest of the time in the f...
Hebrews 9:14
How much more will the blood of Christ, who thr...
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Cross References
Mark 12:28
And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?
Matthew 22:34
But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.
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Matthew 22:46
And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Mark 12:34
And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any more questions.
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