Gospel according to Luke

New Testament

Rainbow Missions, Inc. World English Bible. Rainbow Missions, Inc.; revision of the American Standard Version of 1901. http://ebible.org/bible/web.

Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them will she be? For the seven had her as a wife."

Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry, and are given in marriage.

But those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.

For they can't die any more, for they are like the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him."

Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."

They didn't dare to ask him any more questions.

He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?

David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,

Until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet."'

"David therefore calls him Lord, so how is he his son?"

In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,

"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts;

who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation."

He looked up, and saw the rich people who were putting their gifts into the treasury.

He saw a certain poor widow casting in two lepta.

He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,

for all these put in gifts for God from their abundance, but she, out of her poverty, put in all that she had to live on."

As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,