Mark 12:24
And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
Cross-reference
Mark 12:27 concludes Jesus' argument: 'He is not God of the dead but of the living,' showing why they are mistaken.
In Isaiah 26:19, the dead will live and rise — a clear OT prophecy that directly challenges the Sadducees' denial of resurrection, as Jesus points to God's power.
In Ezekiel 37:1-14, God revives dry bones into living people — a powerful type of resurrection that illustrates the divine power Jesus says the Sadducees do not understand.
In Daniel 12:2, many will awake to everlasting life — an explicit OT prophecy of resurrection that Jesus implies should be known from the Scriptures.
In Hosea 13:14, God ransoms from death and Sheol — a bold statement of resurrection power that Jesus uses to challenge the Sadducees' unbelief.
Matthew 22:29 records the identical saying from Jesus to the Sadducees — a Synoptic parallel reinforcing the same rebuke about Scripture and power.
Philippians 3:21 speaks of Christ's power to transform our bodies in resurrection—the exact topic the Sadducees denied.
Matthew 22:30 records Jesus' explanation that the resurrected are like angels, directly answering the Sadducees' error from the same event.
In Job 19:25-27, Job expresses confident hope in a bodily resurrection — showing the kind of faith in God's power that Jesus says the Sadducees lack.
In Isaiah 25:8, God promises to swallow up death forever — a prophecy that Jesus implies the Sadducees ignore when denying resurrection power.
John 20:9 notes the disciples' failure to understand resurrection prophecy — parallel to the Sadducees' ignorance of Scripture about resurrection here.
John 5:39 has Jesus telling the Jews that searching Scriptures misses the point — similar to his charge that Sadducees lack understanding of Scripture and God's power.
Acts 17:11 commends the Bereans for examining Scripture daily — contrasting with the Sadducees whom Jesus rebukes for not knowing Scripture at all.