23 Sel päeval tuli Tema juure sadusere, kes ütlevad, et ülestõusmist ei olegi, ja küsisid Talt:
24 „Õpetaja, Mooses on ütelnud: Kui keegi sureb lasteta, peab ta vend abielluma ta naisega ja soetama oma vennale järglase.
25 Meie juures oli seitse venda. Esimene abiellus ja suri, ja et tal ei olnud järglast, jättis ta oma naise oma vennale.
26 Nõndasamuti ka teine ja kolmas kuni seitsmendani.
27 Kõige viimaks suri ka naine.
28 Ent ülestõusmises, kelle naiseks ta jääb nende seitsme seast, sest ta on kõikidel olnud?"
29 Aga Jeesus kostis ning ütles neile: „Eksite, sest te ei mõista Kirja ega Jumala väge!
30 Sest ülestõusmises ei võeta naisi ega minda mehele, vaid ollakse kui Jumala Inglid taevas.
31 Aga kas te ei ole surnute ülestõusmisest lugenud, mis Jumal teile on ütelnud:
32 Mina olen Aabrahami Jumal ja Iisaki Jumal ja Jaakobi Jumal. Jumal ei ole mitte surnute, vaid on elavate Jumal!"
33 Ja kui rahvas seda kuulis, hämmastus ta Tema õpetusest.
23 On that day there came to him Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24 saying, Teacher, 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 married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26 in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And after them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels in heaven. 31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 32 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. 33 And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.