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Matthew 22:23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45

Matthew 22:23 NIV

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

Matthew 22:24 NIV

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

Matthew 22:25 NIV

Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26 NIV

The same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the seventh.

Matthew 22:27 NIV

Finally, the woman died.

Matthew 22:28 NIV

Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her?”

Matthew 22:29 NIV

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.

Matthew 22:30 NIV

At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

Matthew 22:31 NIV

But about the resurrection of the dead—have you not read what God said to you

Matthew 22:32 NIV

‘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 NIV

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

Matthew 22:34 NIV

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.

Matthew 22:35 NIV

One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question

Matthew 22:36 NIV

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”

Matthew 22:37 NIV

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

Matthew 22:38 NIV

This is the first and greatest commandment.

Matthew 22:39 NIV

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

Matthew 22:40 NIV

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

Matthew 22:41 NIV

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them

Matthew 22:42 NIV

“What do you think about the Messiah? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied.

Matthew 22:43 NIV

He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says

Matthew 22:44 NIV

“ ‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’

Matthew 22:45 NIV

If then David calls him ‘Lord,’ how can he be his son?”

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