“But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,”
King James Version (KJV)
22:31 Have ye not read - The Sadducees had a peculiar value for the books of Moses. Out of these therefore our Lord argues with them.
Mt 22:31 As touching the resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees doubted some of the prophetic books, but accepted Moses; hence, the Lord appeals to Moses to show that he taught future existence, or "the resurrection", which is the sense in which the latter phrase is used.