Pentecost Season · Year C

Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

November 12, 2028

The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus (Les pharisiens et les sadducéens viennent pour tenter Jésus), James Tissot — **The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus (Les pharisiens et les sadducéens viennent pour tenter Jésus)**, James Tissot, 1886-1894James Tissot, The Pharisees and the Sadducees Come to Tempt Jesus (1886-1894) - Brooklyn Museum

Roman Lectionary

GospelLuke 20:27-38 orLuke 20:27, 34-38

First Reading2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 9-14

Responsorial PsalmPs. 17:1, 5-6, 8+15 (15b)

Second Reading2 Thess. 2:16–3:5

Overview & Insights

"He is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all of them are alive." (Luke 20:38)

Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, try to trap Jesus with a riddle about a widow married to seven brothers, and Jesus answers that resurrection life is not a continuation of earthly marriage. It is Luke's fullest defense of the resurrection.

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Commentary

Luke 20 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the Sadducees' question and Jesus's answer.

Luke 20 Commentary Precept Austin

Detailed word-study commentary with cross references.

Luke 20 Commentaries BibleHub

Aggregates classic commentaries in one view.

Luke 20 - Gill's Exposition StudyLight

Older full exposition of the chapter.

Commentary on Luke 20:27-38 Working Preacher

The same passage appears in the RCL this week.

Luke 20:27-38 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Explains the Sadducees' levirate-marriage trap and Jesus's reply.

Background & Word Study

Luke 20 Interlinear BibleHub

Shows the Greek behind Jesus's statement about the living God.

Luke Course Enter the Bible

Background on Luke's Gospel and its Jerusalem conflict stories.

Book of Luke Overview BibleProject

Frames where this debate sits in Luke's larger story.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Luke 20 Catena

Collects patristic comment on the resurrection debate verse by verse.

Sermons & Reflections

Journey with Jesus Journey with Jesus

Weekly essay-style reflections on the lectionary readings.

Worship & Prayers

Proper 27, Year C The Lectionary Page

Collects prayers and propers for the week this Gospel is read.

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Luke 20:27-38 Vanderbilt

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