^{23 Ref} On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

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

^{25 Ref} Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.

²⁶ In like manner the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

²⁷ After them all, the woman died.

²⁸ In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."

^{29 Ref} But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, 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 like God's angels in heaven.

^{31 Ref} But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to 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."

^{33 Ref} When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.