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27 [Then] certain Sadducees came to Jesus (they are the ones who say there is no resurrection [of the dead]).
28 They said to Him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut 25:5] that if a man’s brother dies, leaving his widow [behind] without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children [by her]. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother’s.
29 [Now] there were these seven brothers; the first one got married, but when he died he did not leave any children behind.
30 Then the second one did the same thing.
31 Then the third one married the [surviving] widow [of the first two brothers]. And in the same way, all seven [brothers] married her, but left no children [behind when they died].
32 Finally, the woman also passed away.
33 [Now] whose wife will she be in the resurrected state, for all seven [brothers] were married to her?”
34 And Jesus said to them, “The people of this age [i.e., who live on earth] marry and are given away in marriage,
35 but those who are considered worthy of gaining that age [i.e., the future, never ending state] and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given away in marriage.
36 For they cannot die anymore either, because they are equal to the angels and are children of God, as well as children of the resurrection [i.e., people who are assured of being resurrected].
37 But even Moses showed that dead people would be raised in the incident about the bush [Ex. 3:6], where he called the Lord, ‘Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God, and Jacob’s God.’
38 So, He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive, for to God, all people are alive.”