Then came the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. They asked,
Master, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother dies and leaves his wife
behind him, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife
and raise up seed to his brother. Now there were seven brethren. The
first took a wife and, dying, left no seed. The second took her and,
dying, left no seed. The third brother likewise and this through all
seven brothers. The seven had her, and left no seed. Last of all the
woman died also. In the resurrection. when they shall rise, whose wife
shall she be since all the seven had her as wife.
Jesus answered, Ye err because ye know not the scriptures or the power
of God. When they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are
given in marriage. They are as the angels who are in heaven. And, as
touching on the dead and that they rise: have ye not read in the book
of Moses, how God spoke to him in the bush and said, I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God
of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye, therefore, do greatly err.
One of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and
perceiving that Jesus had answered them well, asked, Which is the
first commandment of all?
Jesus answered, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel.
The Lord our God is one Lord. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy mind, and with all thy
strength. This is the first commandment. The second is, Thou shalt
love thy neighbour as thyself. There is no other commandment greater
than these.
The scribe said, Well, Master, thou has said the truth, for there is
one God, and there is no other but Him. To love Him with all the
heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with
all the strength, and to love thy neighbour as thyself is worth more
than all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. Jesus saw that he
answered discreetly. He said to him, Thou art not far from the kingdom
of God.
After this no man dared ask Him any more questions. While He taught in
the temple, Jesus said, How can the scribes say that Christ is the son
of David? David himself said: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my
right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. If David calls
him Lord; how is he, then, his son?
The common people heard Him gladly. He said to them in His teaching,
Beware of the scribes, who love to go in flowing robes, and love
salutations in the marketplace, and the best seats in the synagogues,
and the uppermost rooms at feasts. These same devour widows' houses,
and, for a pretence, make long prayers. They shall receive greater
damnation.
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