23. “In the resurrection then, when they rise, whose wife shall she be? For seven had her as wife.”
24. And יהושע answering, said to them, “Is this not why you go astray, because you do not know the Scriptures nor the power of Elohim?
25. “For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are as messengers in the heavens.
26. “And concerning the dead, that they rise – have you not read in the book of Mosheh, at the bush, how Elohim spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the Elohim of Aḇraham, and the Elohim of Yitsḥaq, and the Elohim of Ya‛aqoḇ’?
27. “He is not the Elohim of the dead, but Elohim of the living. You, then, go greatly astray.”
28. And one of the scribes coming near, hearing them reasoning together, knowing that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first command of all?”
29. And יהושע answered him, “The first of all the commands is, ‘Hear, O Yisra’ĕl, יהוה our Elohim, יהוה is one.
30. ‘And you shall love יהוה your Elohim with all your heart, and with all your being, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first command.
31. “And the second, like it, is this, ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other command greater than these.”
32. And the scribe said to Him, “Well said, Teacher. You have spoken the truth, for there is one Elohim, and there is no other besides Him.
33. “And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the being, and with all the strength, and to love one’s neighbour as oneself, is more than all the burnt offerings and offerings.”
34. And when יהושע saw that he answered wisely, He said to him, “You are not far from the reign of Elohim.” And after that no one was bold enough to question Him.