Mark 12:18

THE MESSAGE

Some Sadducees, the party that denies any possibility of resurrection, came up and asked, "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry the widow and have children. Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless. The second married her. He died, and still no child. The same with the third. All seven took their turn, but no child. Finally the wife died. When they are raised at the resurrection, whose wife is she? All seven were her husband."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and questioned him:

King James Version (1611)
Then come vnto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying,

King James Version
Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

English Standard Version
And Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection. And they asked him a question, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

New Century Version
Then some Sadducees came to Jesus and asked him a question. (Sadducees believed that people would not rise from the dead.)

Amplified Bible
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him, and began questioning Him, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

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

Contemporary English Version
The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus and said:

Complete Jewish Bible
Then some Tz'dukim came to him. They are the ones who say there is no such thing as resurrection, so they put to him a sh'eilah:

Darby Translation
And Sadducees come to him, that say there is no resurrection; and they demanded of him saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then some Sadducees came to Jesus. (Sadducees believe that no one will rise from death.) They asked him a question:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the Sadduces vnto him, (which say, there is no resurrection) & they asked him, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
Then the Sadducees came to him, those who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Good News Translation
Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,

Lexham English Bible
And Sadducees—who say there is no resurrection—came up to him and began to ask him, saying,

Literal Translation
And Sadducees came to Him, who say there is no resurrection. And they questioned Him, saying,

American Standard Version
And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

Hebrew Names Version
There came to him Tzedukim, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

International Standard Version
Then some Sadducees, who claim there is no resurrection, came to Jesushim">[fn] and asked him,Matthew 22:23; Luke 20:27; Acts 23:8;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
AND the Zadukoyee came to him, those who say that (there is) no resurrection; and they questioned him, saying,

Murdock Translation
Then came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, and said:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
There came also vnto hym, the Saducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and they asked hym, saying:

English Revised Version
And there come unto him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

World English Bible
There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Then come to him the Saducees, who say there is no resurrection, and they asked him,

Weymouth's New Testament
Then came to Him a party of Sadducees, a sect which denies that there is any Resurrection; and they proceeded to question Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei wondriden of hym. And Saduces, that seien that ther is no ressurreccioun, camen to hym, and axeden hym,

Update Bible Version
And there come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then come to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

New English Translation
Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him,

New King James Version
Matthew 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40">[xr] Then some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Him; and they asked Him, saying:

New Living Translation
Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead. They posed this question:

New Life Bible
Some people from the religious group who believe no one will be raised from the dead came to Jesus. They asked Him,

New Revised Standard
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him a question, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there come Sadducees unto him, - who, indeed say - Resurrection, there is none! and they were questioning him, saying -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying:

Revised Standard Version
And Sad'ducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then came the Saduces vnto him which saye ther is no resurreccion. And they axed hym sayinge:

Young's Literal Translation
And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came vnto him the Saduces (which holde that there is no resurreccion) these axed him, and sayde:

Mace New Testament (1729)
Then the Saducees, who deny the resurrection, came and asked him,

Simplified Cowboy Version
Some Sadducees (religious politicians who didn't believe in life after death—meaning they tried to get as much out of this life as they could) took their turn trying to trap Jesus.

Contextual Overview

¹⁸Some Sadducees, the party that denies any possibility of resurrection, came up and asked, "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother is obligated to marry the widow and have children. Well, there once were seven brothers. The first took a wife. He died childless. The second married her. He died, and still no child. The same with the third. All seven took their turn, but no child. Finally the wife died. When they are raised at the resurrection, whose wife is she? All seven were her husband." ²⁴Jesus said, "You're way off base, and here's why: One, you don't know your Bibles; two, you don't know how God works. After the dead are raised up, we're past the marriage business. As it is with angels now, all our ecstasies and intimacies then will be with God. And regarding the dead, whether or not they are raised, don't you ever read the Bible? How God at the bush said to Moses, ‘I am—not was—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? The living God is God of the living, not the dead. You're way, way off base."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

come: Matthew 22:23-33, Luke 20:27-40

say: Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, Acts 23:6-9, 1 Corinthians 15:13-18, 2 Timothy 2:18

Reciprocal: Proverbs 24:26 - shall Matthew 3:7 - the Pharisees Matthew 16:1 - Sadducees Acts 23:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
"The serpent seduced me," she said, "and I ate."

Genesis 4:10
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."

Genesis 12:9
Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.

Genesis 12:10
Then a famine came to the land. Abram went down to Egypt to live; it was a hard famine. As he drew near to Egypt, he said to his wife, Sarai, "Look. We both know that you're a beautiful woman. When the Egyptians see you they're going to say, ‘Aha! That's his wife!' and kill me. But they'll let you live. Do me a favor: tell them you're my sister. Because of you, they'll welcome me and let me live."

Genesis 31:26
"What do you mean," said Laban, "by keeping me in the dark and sneaking off, hauling my daughters off like prisoners of war? Why did you run off like a thief in the night? Why didn't you tell me? Why, I would have sent you off with a great celebration—music, timbrels, flutes! But you wouldn't permit me so much as a kiss for my daughters and grandchildren. It was a stupid thing for you to do. If I had a mind to, I could destroy you right now, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, ‘Be careful what you do to Jacob, whether good or bad.' I understand. You left because you were homesick. But why did you steal my household gods?"

Genesis 44:15
Joseph accused them: "How can you have done this? You have to know that a man in my position would have discovered this."

Exodus 32:21
Moses said to Aaron, "What on Earth did these people ever do to you that you involved them in this huge sin?"

Joshua 7:19
Joshua spoke to Achan, "My son, give glory to God , the God of Israel. Make your confession to him. Tell me what you did. Don't keep back anything from me."

1 Samuel 14:43
Saul confronted Jonathan. "What did you do? Tell me!" Jonathan said, "I licked a bit of honey off the tip of the staff I was carrying. That's it—and for that I'm to die?"

Proverbs 21:1
Good leadership is a channel of water controlled by God ; he directs it to whatever ends he chooses.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came unto him the Sadducees,.... The same day, immediately after he had silenced the Pharisees and Herodians: these were a set of men distinct from the former, in some of their sentiments, especially in their religions ones, and particularly in the following:

which say there is no resurrection: of the dead, in a literal sense, either general or particular; :-;

and they asked him, saying; as in the next verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See this passage fully explained in the notes at Matthew 22:23-33.

Mark 12:25

Are as the angels - That is, as the angels in respect to connections and relations. What those connections and relations may be we know not, but this passage teaches that the special relation of “marriage” will not exist. It does not affirm, however, that there will be no recollection of former marriages, or no recognition of each other as having existed in this tender relation.

Mark 12:26

How in the bush - At the burning bush. See Exodus 3:16. The meaning is, “in that part of the book of Exodus which contains the account of the burning bush. When there were no chapters and verses, it was the easiest way of quoting a book of the Old Testament “by the subject,” and in this way it was often done by the Jews.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 18. See this question, concerning the resurrection, explained in detail on Matthew 22:23-32.