Matthew 22:23
Douay-Rheims
That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,
John Chrysostom (attributed)
For the Devil finding himself unable to crush utterly the religion of God, brought in the sect of the Sadducees denying the resurrection of the dead, thus breaking down all purpose of a righteous life, for who is there would endure a daily struggle against himself, unless he looked to the hope of the resurrection?
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 22:23-33
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.