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- As the five books of Moses were the only scriptures which the Sadducees admitted as Divine, our Lord confutes them by an appeal to these books, and proves that they were ignorant of those very writings which they professed to hold sacred. He not only rectified their opinions, but so explained the doctrine as to overthrow the erroneous decision of the Pharisees, that if two brothers married one woman, she should be restored at the resurrection to the first. "To the lawª and to the testimony:ª if¹ they speakª° not¹ according to this¹ word,ª [it is] because¹ [there is] no¹ lightª in them." {Isa 8:20} + "Yea,¹ the storkª in the heavenª knowethª° her appointed times;ª and the turtleª and the craneª and the swallowª observeª°¹ the timeª of their coming;ª° but my peopleª knowª° not¹¹ the judgmentª of the LORD.ª ... The wiseª [men] are ashamed,²°¹ they are dismayedª° and taken:ª° lo,¹ they have rejectedª° the wordª of the LORD;ª and what¹ wisdomª [is] in them?" {Jer 8:7-9} + "For¹ I desiredª° mercy,ª and not¹ sacrifice;ª and the knowledgeª of Godª more than burnt offerings.ª¹" {Hsa 6:6} + "I have writtenª° to him the great thingsª°² of my law,ª [but] they were countedª° as¹ a strange thing.ª°" {Hsa 8:12} + "¹ Jesusª answeredª° and² saidª° unto them,ª Ye do err,ª° notª knowingª° the¹ scriptures,ª norª the¹ powerª of God.ª" {Mtt 22:29} + "Searchª°° the¹ scriptures;ª forª inª themª yeª thinkª° ye haveª° eternalª life:ª andª theyª are¹ they²° which testifyª° ofª me.ª" {Jhn 5:39} + "Forª as yet²° they knew²° notª¹ the¹ scripture,ª thatª heª mustª° rise againª° fromª the dead.ª" {Jhn 20:9} + "² Theseª wereª° more nobleª than those¹ inª Thessalonica,ª in that theyª receivedª° the¹ wordª withª allª readiness of mind,ª and searchedª° the¹ scripturesª daily,ªª whetherª those thingsª wereª° so.ª" {Act 17:11} + "Forª whatsoever thingsª were written aforetimeª° were writtenª° forª ourª learning,ª thatª we²° throughª patienceª andª comfortª of the¹ scripturesª might haveª° hope.ª" {Rom 15:4} + "Andª thatª fromª a childª thou hast knownª° the¹ holyª scriptures,ª which² are ableª° to make²° thee² wiseª°¹ untoª salvationª throughª faithª whichª is inª Christª Jesus.ª ... Thatª the¹ manª of Godª may beª° perfect,ª throughly furnishedª° untoª allª goodª works.ª" {2Tm 3:15-17}
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