^{18 Ref} And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

^{19 Ref} Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

^{20 Ref} There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

²¹ And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:

²² And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.

²³ In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

^{24 Ref} Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

^{25 Ref} When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

^{26 Ref} But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, 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: you are greatly in error.