Luke 20:27-40

27Now some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) came to Him

28and they questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law that] if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, his brother should marry the wife and raise children for his brother.

29Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless.

30And the second,

31and the third married her, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.

32Finally the woman also died.

33So in the [life after] resurrection, whose wife does she become? For all seven had married her.”

34Jesus said to them, “The sons of this [world and present] age marry and [the women] are given in marriage;

35but those who are considered worthy to gain that [other world and that future] age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

36and they cannot die again, because they are [immortal] like the angels (equal to, angel-like). And they are children of God, being participants in the resurrection.

37But [as for the fact] that the dead are raised [from death], even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

38Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living [so these forefathers will be among the resurrected]; for all live [in a definite relationship] to Him.”

39Some of the scribes replied, “Teacher, you have spoken well [so that there is no room for blame].”

40And they did not dare to question Him further about anything [because of the wisdom He displayed in His answers].