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^(t)Now there came to Him some of the ^(u)Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection),

and they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that ^(v) if a man's brother dies , having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should ^[n] marry the wife and raise up children to his brother .

Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;

and the second

and the third ^[o]married her; and in the same way ^[p]all seven ^[q]died, leaving no children.

Finally the woman died also.

In the resurrection therefore, which one's wife will she be? For ^[r]all seven ^[s]had married her."

Jesus said to them, "The sons of ^(w)this age marry and are given in marriage,

but those who are considered worthy to attain to ^(x)that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are ^(y)sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in ^(z)the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord ^(aa) the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob .

^(ab)Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for ^(ac)all live to Him."

Some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well."