^{18 Ref} And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

^{19 Ref} Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

^{20 Ref} There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

²¹ and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

²² and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

²³ In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

^{24 Ref} Jesus said unto them, Is it not for this cause that ye err, that ye know not the scriptures, nor the power of God?

^{25 Ref} For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.

^{26 Ref} But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in `the place concerning' the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I `am' the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

^{27 Ref} He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.