25. For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels in heaven.
26. Now concerning the dead being raised — haven’t you read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob?
27. He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are badly deceived.”
28. One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked Him, “Which command is the most important of all? ”
29. “This is the most important,” Jesus answered:Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is One.
30. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.
31. “The second is: Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other command greater than these.”
32. Then the scribe said to Him, “You are right, Teacher! You have correctly said that He is One, and there is no one else except Him.