Luke 20:27

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Luke 20:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible

25 So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

26 And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people; and amazed at His answer, they fell silent.

27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.

28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.

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Matthew 16:1

Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came and tested Jesus by asking Him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 16:6

“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 22:23

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.

Matthew 22:24

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Matthew 22:25

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26

The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:27

And last of all, the woman died.

Matthew 22:28

In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 22:30

In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:31

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

Matthew 22:32

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

Matthew 22:33

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

Mark 12:18

Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him:

Mark 12:19

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Mark 12:20

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.

Mark 12:21

Then the second one married the widow, but he also died and left no children. And the third did likewise.

Mark 12:22

In this way, none of the seven left any children. And last of all, the woman died.

Mark 12:23

In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”

Mark 12:24

Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

Mark 12:25

When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.

Mark 12:26

But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning bush in the Book of Moses, how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

Mark 12:27

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

Acts 4:1

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

Acts 4:2

greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Acts 5:17

Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out

Acts 23:6

Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”

Acts 23:7

As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

Acts 23:8

For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.

1 Corinthians 15:12

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

2 Timothy 2:17

and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,

2 Timothy 2:18

who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.