¹⁶ as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. ^(A)There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, ^(B)as they do the other Scriptures.

²⁴ saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ^(A)‘If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.’ ²⁵ Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother. 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, ^(B)because you know neither the Scriptures nor ^(C)the power of God. ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither ^(D)marry nor ^(E)are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. ³¹ And as for the resurrection of the dead, ^(F)have you not read what was said to you by God:

²⁸ So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. ^29 (A)For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. ³⁰ And ^(B)cast ^(C)the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place ^(D)there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’