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the people,which they were unableto do becauseof the
wonderfulwisdom ofHis answer.
27. Then came to Him certainof the Sadducees,
which deny thatthereis any resurrection; and they
asked Him,
28. Saying,Master,Moses wrote unto us,If any
man's brotherdie,havinga wife,and he diewithout
children,that hisbrothershould take hiswife,and
raiseup seedunto hisbrother.
29. There were thereforesevenbrethren:and the
firsttooka wife,and diedwithoutchildren.
30. And the secondtook her to wife,and he died
childless.
31. And the thirdtook her; and in likemanner
the sevenalso: and theyleftno children,and died.
32. Lastofallthe woman diedalso.
33. Thereforein the resurrectionwhose wife of
them isshe? forsevenhad herto wife.
34. And Jesus answeringsaid unto them, The
childrenof this world marry, and are given in
marriage:
35. But they which shallbe accountedworthyto
obtainthatworld,and theresurrectionfrom thedead,
neithermarry,nor aregiveninmarriage:
36. Neithercan they die any more : fortheyare
equalunto the angels; and are the childrenof God,
beingthe childrenoftheresurrection.
37. Now that the dead are raised,even Moses
shewed at the bush, when he calledthe Lord the
God ofAbraham, and the God of Isaac,and theGod
ofJacob.
38. For He is not a God of the dead,but of the
living: forallliveunto Him.