26. There before the people they could not catch him out in anything, so they kept quiet, amazed at his answer.
27. Then 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.’
29. Once there were seven brothers; the eldest got married and died without having children.
30. Then the second one married the woman,
31. and then the third. The same thing happened to all seven — they died without having children.