Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- BSB Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
- NKJV Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is a resurrection, came to Him and asked Him,
- NASB Now some of the Sadducees (who maintain that there is no resurrection) came to Him,
- NLT Then Jesus was approached by some Sadducees—religious leaders who say there is no resurrection from the dead.
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- Acts 4:1–2As they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came to them,
- 1 Cor 15:12Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- Matt 22:23–33On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,
- Mark 12:18–27There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,
- Acts 23:6–8But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
- Matt 16:1The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven.
- Acts 5:17But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy,
- 2 Tim 2:17–18and those words will consume like gangrene, of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
- Matt 16:6Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matt 16:12Then they understood that he didn’t tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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