Luke 20:27
Good News Translation
Then some Sadducees, who say that people will not rise from death, came to Jesus and said,

New Revised Standard Version
Some Sadducees, those who say there is no resurrection, came to him

Contemporary English Version
The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus

New American Bible
Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection: and they asked him,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection: and they asked him,

the Sadducees.

Matthew 16:1,6,12 And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven. . . .

Matthew 22:23 That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,

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Mark 12:18 And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying:

*etc:

Acts 4:1,2 And as they were speaking to the people the priests and the officer of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, . . .

Acts 5:17 Then the high priest rising up, and all they that were with him (which is the heresy of the Sadducees) were filled with envy.

Acts 23:6-8 And Paul, knowing that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, cried out in the council: Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees: concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. . . .

1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

2 Timothy 2:17,18 And their speech spreadeth like a canker: of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus: . . .

Context
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
26And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and wondering at his answer, they held their peace. 27And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection: and they asked him, 28Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:23
That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,

Mark 12:18
And there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection. And they asked him, saying:

Acts 23:8
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.

Luke 20:26
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