The Book of Matthew, Chapter 22, Verse 31

They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, ‹Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.›

When they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

And last of all the woman died also.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

Jesus answered and said unto them, ‹Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.›

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‹For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.›

King James Version

‹But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,›

American Standard Version

But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

New English Translation

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

World English Bible

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

‹I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.›

And when the multitude heard [this], they were astonished at his doctrine.

But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.

Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a question], tempting him, and saying,

Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?

Jesus said unto him, ‹Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.›

‹This is the first and great commandment.›

‹And the second› [is] ‹like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.›

‹On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.›

While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,