Matthew 22:23

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Matthew 22:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible

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

22 And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.

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

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.

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.

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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!”

Luke 20:27

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

Luke 20:28

“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.

Luke 20:29

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

Luke 20:30

Then the second

Luke 20:31

and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

Luke 20:32

And last of all, the woman died.

Luke 20:33

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

Luke 20:34

Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.

Luke 20:35

But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

Luke 20:36

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

Luke 20:37

Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

Luke 20:38

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

Luke 20:39

Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

Luke 20:40

And they did not dare to question Him any further.

Matthew 3:7

But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 16:6

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

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 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?

1 Corinthians 15:13

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

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.