In Matthew 22, Jesus finds himself in two conversations with three rival Jewish groups. The Pharisees and Herodians bring up the issue of God and government. Jesus provides clarity on the subject with His eminently quotable phrase, “Give, then, to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” Next, the Sadducees bring up the topic of marriage and eternity. Jesus likewise responds with a comment that seems to leave them speechless due to their cultural assumptions about the reality of the matter:
You are mistaken because you don’t know the Scriptures or the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven — Matthew 22:29–30 (CSB).
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