The Question of Resurrection

276	The QUESTION of RESURRECTION
Matt 22		Mark 12		Luke 20
23	The same day	18	And	27	There came
	Sad'ducees came to him,		Sad'ducees <come before> him,		some Sadducees,
	who say that		<those> who say that		who <argue> that
	there is no resurrection;		there is no resurrection;		there is no resurrection,
	and they asked him		and they asked him	28	[and] they asked him
	a question,		a question,		a question,
24	saying,		saying,		saying,
	"Teacher,	19	"Teacher,		"Teacher,
	Moses said,		Moses wrote for us that		Moses wrote for us that
	`If a man dies,		if a man's brother dies		if a man's brother dies
			and leaves a wife,		having a wife
	having no children,		but leaves no child,		<but he was childless>,
	his brother		the man		the man
	must marry the widow,		must take the wife		must take the wife
	and raise [up] <offspring>		and raise up <offspring>		and raise up <offspring>
	for his brother.'		for his brother.		for his brother.
25	Now			29	<So>
	there were seven brothers	20	There were seven brothers;		there were seven brothers;
	among us;
	the first married,		the first took a wife,		the first took a wife,
	and <passed away>,		and when he died		and died
	and having no <offspring>		left* no <offspring>;		<childless>;
	left* his wife to his brother.
26	So too the second	21	and the second took her,	30	and the second
			and died,
			leaving no <offspring>;
	and third,		and the third likewise;	31	and the third took her,
	down to the seventh.	22	and the seven left		and likewise all seven left
			no <offspring>.		no children and died.
27	After them all,		Last of all		Afterward
	the woman died.		the woman also died.		the woman also died.
28	In the resurrection,	23	In the resurrection		In the resurrection,
	therefore,				therefore,
	to which of the seven
	will she be wife?		whose wife will she be?		whose wife will the woman be?
	For they all had her."		For the seven had her		For the seven had her
			as wife."		as wife."
29	But Jesus answered them,	24	Jesus said to them,	34	And Jesus said to them,
			"Is not this why
	"You are wrong,		you are wrong,
	because you know		that you know
	neither the scriptures		neither the scriptures
	nor the power of God.		nor the power of God?
					"The sons of this age marry
					and are given in marriage;
				35	but those
					who are accounted worthy
					to attain to that age
30	For in the resurrection	25	For when they rise		and to the resurrection
			from the dead,		from the dead
	they neither marry		they neither marry		neither marry
	nor are given in marriage,		nor are given in marriage,		nor are given in marriage,
				36	for they cannot die any more,
	but are like angels in heaven.		but are like angels in heaven.		because they are equal to angels
					and are sons of God,
31	And as for the resurrection				being sons of the resurrection.
	of the dead,	26	And as for the dead	37	But that the dead
			being raised,		are raised,
	have you not read		have you not read
	what was said to you		in the book of Moses,		even Moses showed,
			in the passage		in the passage
			about the bush,		about the bush,
	by God,		how God said to him,		where he calls the Lord
32	`I am the God of Abraham,		`I am the God of Abraham,		the God of Abraham
	and the God of Isaac,		and the God of Isaac,		and the God of Isaac
	and the God of Jacob'?		and the God of Jacob'?		and the God of Jacob.
	He is not God of the dead,	27	He is not God of the dead,	38	Now he is not God of the dead,
	but of the living."		but of the living;		but of the living;
			you are quite wrong."		for all live to him."

Canonical gospel selection in the Revised Standard Version
Copyright © 1973 by National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Color Code
Blue	Three texts use same vocabulary.
Teal	Two texts use same vocabulary.
Black	Words unique to a particular text.
	No parallel element in this gospel.
*	Same wording, different order.
276	Sequence in synoptic outlines