Luke 20:37-47

37It is true that God makes dead people become alive again. Moses showed us this in his report about the bush in the wilderness. He told us that our Lord God is the God of Abraham. He is the God of Isaac. And he is the God of Jacob.

38But God is not the God of people who are dead. He is the God of people who are alive. For God, all people continue to be alive.’

39Some of the teachers of God's Law agreed with Jesus. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘that was a very good answer.’

40After that, they were all afraid to ask Jesus any more questions.

41Jesus said to them, ‘Why do people say that the Messiah will be King David's son?

42David himself said this in the book called Psalms: “The Lord God said to my Lord, Sit at my right side until I win against your enemies.

43Then you will be able to put your feet on them.”

44You see here that David calls the Messiah his Lord. So can you really say that the Messiah is David's son?’

45All the people were listening to Jesus. Jesus then said to his disciples,

46‘Be careful not to do the same as the teachers of God's Law. They want people to think that they are important. So they walk about in beautiful long clothes. They like people to praise them in the market place. They choose to sit in the best seats in the meeting place. They like to sit in the most important places at special meals.

47They take things away from women after their husbands have died, even their houses. Then they pray for a long time so that other people will praise them. Because they do these things, God will punish those men much more than other people.’