^{23 Ref} On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him,

^{24 Ref} saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

^{25 Ref} Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

²⁶ in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

²⁷ And after them all, the woman died.

²⁸ In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

^{29 Ref} But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

^{30 Ref} For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven.

^{31 Ref} But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

^{32 Ref} I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not `the God' of the dead, but of the living.