Matthew 22:26-46

English Standard Version

²⁶ So too the second and third, down to the seventh. ²⁷ After them all, the woman died. ²⁸ In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her.”

²⁹ But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, ^(A)because you know neither the Scriptures nor ^(B)the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither ^(C)marry nor ^(D)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹ And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^(E)have you not read what was said to you by God: ^32 (F)‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.” ³³ And when the crowd heard it, ^(G)they were astonished at his teaching.

The Great Commandment

^34 (H)But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced ^(I)the Sadducees, they gathered together. ^35 (J)And one of them, ^(K)a lawyer, asked him a question ^(L)to test him. ³⁶ “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” ³⁷ And he said to him, ^(M)“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. ³⁸ This is the great and first commandment. ³⁹ And ^(N)a second is like it: ^(O)You shall love your neighbor as yourself. ^40 (P)On these two commandments depend ^(Q)all the Law and the Prophets.”

Whose Son Is the Christ?

^41 (R)Now while the Pharisees ^(S)were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, ⁴² saying, “What do you think about ^(T)the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, ^(U)“The son of David.” ⁴³ He said to them, “How is it then that David, ^(V)in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying,

⁴⁵ If then David calls him Lord, ^(X)how is he his son?” ^46 (Y)And no one was able to answer him a word, ^(Z)nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.