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Luke 20:27-38 (Common English Bible)
27 Some Sadducees, who deny that there’s a resurrection, came to Jesus and asked, 28 “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a widow but no children, the brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless. 30 The second 31 and then the third brother married her. Eventually all seven married her, and they all died without leaving any children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 In the resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven were married to her.”
34 Jesus said to them, “People who belong to this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy to participate in that age, that is, in the age of the resurrection from the dead, won’t marry nor will they be given in marriage. 36 They can no longer die, because they are like angels and are God’s children since they share in the resurrection. 37 Even Moses demonstrated that the dead are raised—in the passage about the burning bush, when he speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 He isn’t the God of the dead but of the living. To him they are all alive.”
Summary:
We celebrate saints for their witness as followers of Jesus. Whether historical forerunners of the faith or “everyday saints” who have gone before us, we honor them by learning from their witness in being led by the Holy Spirit.
In a debate with the Sadducees, Jesus reveals the truth that in the resurrection we are free from being held captive to others’ expectations. Saints share in the freedom of the resurrection and invite us to live in freedom today!
Reflection Questions:
- The Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection of the dead. Why is resurrection important?
- Jesus says that to God, the saints no longer die, but are all alive. How does it feel to hear that the saints are still living?
- Jesus says that with the Resurrection, the woman is in this scripture is no longer bound to the men who feel they own her. Who is binding you that you pray to be free from?