Matthew 22:24 (WEB)

Passage

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Nearby Context

Matthew 22:22 When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

Matthew 22:23 On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

Matthew 22:24 saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

Matthew 22:25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.

Matthew 22:26 In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "teacher", "moses", "said", "dies", "having", "children", and "brother". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "teacher", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "On that day Sadducees those who say..." into verse 25's "Now there were with us seven brothers...", so "saying" and "teacher" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "teacher" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.