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^(l)Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying,

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(m) if a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife and leaves no child, his brother should ^[i] marry the wife and raise up children to his brother .

There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children.

The second one ^[j]married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise;

and so ^[k]all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also.

In the resurrection, ^[l]when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For ^[m]all seven had married her."

Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not ^[n]understand the Scriptures or the power of God?

For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

But ^[o]regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, ⁽ⁿ⁾in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘^(o)I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob '?

^(p)He is not the God ^[p]of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken."