Matthew 22:31

But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

30For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

32I 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.

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Cross References

Matthew 9:13But go and take to heart the sense of these words, My desire is for mercy, not offerings: for I have come not to get the upright, but sinners.

Matthew 12:7But if these words had been in your minds, My desire is for mercy and not for offerings, you would not have been judging those who have done no wrong.

Matthew 21:42Jesus says to them, Did you never see in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has been made the chief stone of the building: this was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?

Matthew Henry on Matthew 22:24-34

The Question Respecting Marriage. 23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 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: 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also.… Read the whole commentary →

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