Daily Bible GNT April 10 Verses

The Question about Rising from Death
(Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27)

²⁷Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said, ²⁸"Teacher, Moses wrote this law for us: 'If a man dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man's brother must marry the widow so that they can have children who will be considered the dead man's children.' ²⁹Once there were seven brothers; the oldest got married and died without having children. ³⁰Then the second one married the woman, ³¹and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven--they died without having children. ³²Last of all, the woman died. ³³Now, on the day when the dead rise to life, whose wife will she be? All seven of them had married her."

³⁴Jesus answered them, "The men and women of this age marry, ³⁵but the men and women who are worthy to rise from death and live in the age to come will not then marry. ³⁶They will be like angels and cannot die. They are the children of God, because they have risen from death. ³⁷And Moses clearly proves that the dead are raised to life. In the passage about the burning bush he speaks of the Lord as 'the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' ³⁸He is the God of the living, not of the dead, for to him all are alive."

³⁹Some of the teachers of the Law spoke up, "A good answer, Teacher!" ⁴⁰For they did not dare ask him any more questions.

The Question about the Messiah
(Matthew 22.41-46; Mark 12.35-37)

⁴¹Jesus asked them, "How can it be said that the Messiah will be the descendant of David? ⁴²For David himself says in the book of Psalms,

'The Lord said to my Lord:

Sit here at my right side

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until I put your enemies as a footstool under your feet.'
⁴⁴David called him 'Lord'; how, then, can the Messiah be David's descendant?"

Jesus Warns against the Teachers of the Law
(Matthew 23.1-36; Mark 12.38-40)

⁴⁵As all the people listened to him, Jesus said to his disciples, ⁴⁶"Be on your guard against the teachers of the Law, who like to walk around in their long robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplace; who choose the reserved seats in the synagogues and the best places at feasts; ⁴⁷who take advantage of widows and rob them of their homes, and then make a show of saying long prayers! Their punishment will be all the worse!"

This reading is from The Holy Bible, Today's English Version, Second Edition copyright © American Bible Society, 1992;
Old Testament copyright © American Bible Society, 1976, 1992; New Testament © American Bible Society, 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992.

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