June 6, 2012, Gospel

12:18	And the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, approached him. And they questioned him, saying:
12:19	“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if any man’s brother will have died and left behind a wife, and not have left behind sons, his brother should take his wife to himself and should raise up offspring for his brother.
12:20	So then, there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without leaving behind offspring.
12:21	And the second took her, and he died. And neither did he leave behind offspring. And the third acted similarly.
12:22	And in like manner, each of the seven received her and did not leave behind offspring. Last of all, the woman also died.
12:23	Therefore, in the resurrection, when they will rise again, to which of them will she be a wife? For each of the seven had her as wife.”
12:24	And Jesus responded by saying to them: “But have you not gone astray, by knowing neither the scriptures, nor the power of God?
12:25	For when they will be resurrected from the dead, they shall neither marry, nor be given in marriage, but they are like the Angels in heaven.
12:26	But concerning the dead who rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him from the bush, saying: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’
12:27	He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore, you have gone far astray.”

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