Sadducees Ask About the Resurrection
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r Then some of the Sadducees, s who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
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saying: "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.
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"Now there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and died without children.
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"And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.
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"Then the third took her, and in like manner the seven also; and they left no children, and died.
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"Last of all the woman died also.
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"Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had her as wife."
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Jesus answered and said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
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"But those who are t counted worthy to attain that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;
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"nor can they die anymore, for u they are equal to the angels and are sons of God, v being sons of the resurrection.
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"But even Moses showed in the burning bush passage that the dead are raised, when he called the Lord w 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
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"For He is not the God of the dead but of the living, for x all live to Him."
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Then some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."
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But after that they dared not question Him anymore.
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Cross References
Matthew 22:23 - 33
The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him and asked Him.
Mark 12:18 - 27
Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying:
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Cross References
Acts 23:6
But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!
Acts 23:8
For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection - and no angel or spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.
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Cross References
Philippians 3:11
If, by any means, I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.
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Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:42
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:49
And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
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 incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 John 3:2
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
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Cross References
Romans 8:23
Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.
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Cross References
Exodus 3:1 - 6
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Exodus 3:15
Moreover God said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel: 'The LORD 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 this is My memorial to all generations.
Acts 7:30 - 32
And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.
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Cross References
Romans 6:10
For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.
Romans 6:11
Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 14:8
For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.
Romans 14:9
For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
Hebrews 11:16
But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
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