In today's Gospel, we hear about an encounter between Jesus and some Sadducees. The Sadducee, teachers of the law unlike the Pharisees did not believe in the resurrection. They used the example of Levirate marriage, found in the Law of Moses, to disprove belief in the resurrection.  Jesus argues from the same written Law of Moses to show that there is resurrection. Using the texts from the Book of Exodus 3 that describe Moses' encounter with God in the burning bush, Jesus shows that God is the God of the living, not the dead. Here Jesus uses the same method and texts of the Sadducees to counter them. As the Gospel text suggests, he beat them at their own game! Subsequently, Jesus suggests to them not to spend time worrying about resurrected life as by so doing they will miss the point. The focus is to live a worthy life knowing that there is a life hereafter with our Maker where we will enjoy heavenly bliss.