From the Old Testament, or Christ.. not a member of the great apostasy... please....
Your original question specified early Christianity and I delivered. It is a fact that the earlier you go in history (and Clement is pretty early), the more LDS the Church looks like in doctrine which is exactly what you'd expect from Christianity.
But I can indulge you with Christ's words as well (and indeed you did ask for Bible evidence). Those who truly understand the background of the Sadducees' question in Matt 22 understand that it implies eternal marriage....
"... in the Apocrypha... we read of a young woman, Sarah, who had been married to seven husbands (all brothers), each of whom was killed on the wedding night by a demon. But in the story (Tobit 6:10-8:9), Sara ultimately marries an eighth husband, Tobias, son of Tobit, who, following instructions from the archangel Raphael, manages to chase the demon away and is therefore not slain. Of special interest is the fact that the archangel (who, according to Tobit 3:17, had been sent to arrange the marriage) tells the young man that his wife had been appointed to him "from the beginning" (Tobit 6:17). This implies that she had not been sealed to any of her earlier husbands, which would explain why none of them would claim her in the resurrection, as Jesus explained. But if she were sealed to Tobias, the situation changes. Assuming that the Sadducees (whose real issue was one of resurrection, not of eternal marriage) were alluding to this story but left off part of it, this would explain why Jesus told them, 'Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God'" (Tvedtnes, J., "A Much-Needed Book That Needs Much", FARMS Review of Books, vol. 9, no. 1, 1997, p. 41.)
That is a footnote for a larger paper that includes the Old Testament......
Those who are married in Latter-day Saint temples are "sealed" so that the union lasts beyond the Resurrection and into eternity, provided the participants reach the highest degree of glory in heaven. (D&C 132:15-17) This is often considered one of the most bizarre LDS beliefs, especially given a certain statement by Jesus:
"The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him... Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven." (Matthew 22:23-30)
A variation of Jesus' answer is given in Luke, where Jesus says "The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage", etc. (Luke 20:34-36)
One must realize that Jesus would never have cast this, his most precious pearl, before the Sadducee swine, who did not even believe in a resurrection and were only trying to trap Jesus in his words. Given that, what was Jesus talking about? The "children of this world", not the children of God, are the ones who remain separate in the resurrection. And indeed, the seven brothers in question were "children of this world", for they were apostate Sadducees ("there were with us seven brethren"). Jesus was merely warning the Sadducees of their ultimate fate without revealing His most sacred mystery. Those who fail to participate in this sacred rite in this world, whether in person or by proxy, "neither marry, nor are given in marriage," because all such contracts have already been finalized. Interpreted in this way, the passage is not at all contradictory to LDS belief.77
Some readers might find it hard to believe that Jesus would be secretive about such an important belief, but the fact is that early Christianity, as well as various Jewish apocalyptic sects, had a rich esoteric tradition of both doctrine and ritual.78 Indeed, R.M. Grant notes that "In Ephesians 5:22-33 the prophecy of Genesis 2:24 ['the two shall become one flesh.'] is described as 'a great mystery' and is referred not only to Christ and the church but also to Christian marriage in general."79
While answering certain unknown questions the Corinthians had posed to Paul, he advised against marriage. "Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.... I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn." (1 Corinthians 7:1, 9) And yet, later in the chapter Paul made clear that this was not a general principle, but special counsel in unusual circumstances (persecution? apostasy?): "I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be." (1 Corinthians 7:26) Paul expounded the general principle later in his letter when he said, "neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord." (1 Corinthians 11:11)
I can imagine the eye-rolling that is going on among Catholic readers at this point, but the fact is that many early Jewish Christians interpreted the scriptures in a similar manner! In the early third century Origen complained about certain Jewish Christians, apparently considered orthodox, who believed in marriage after the resurrection.
"Certain persons... are of the opinion that the fulfillment of the promises of the future are to be looked for in bodily pleasure and luxury.... And consequently they say, that after the resurrection there will be marriages, and the begetting of children, imagining to themselves that the earthly city of Jerusalem is to be rebuilt.... Such are the views of those who, while believing in Christ, understand the divine Scriptures in a sort of Jewish sense, drawing from them nothing worthy of the divine promises." 80
Can you believe the temerity of these people - interpreting Jewish scriptures in a "Jewish sense"?!81 Cardinal Danielou infers a similar interpretation from an enigmatic passage in the Didache, a first-century(!) Jewish Christian work. "And every prophet, proved true, working unto the mystery of the Church in the world, yet not teaching others to do what he himself doeth, shall not be judged among you, for with God he hath his judgment; for so did also the ancient prophets."82 Danielou links this mystery to the type of "spiritual marriages" some Gnostic groups practiced:
"The expression 'cosmic mystery of the Church' seems to stand in opposition to a 'heavenly mystery of the church'. This heavenly mystery is the celestial marriage of Christ to the Church, which also finds its expression in this world. The allusion in this passage would therefore seem to be to those spiritual unions which existed in Jewish Christianity between prophet-apostles and a sister... The relation of these unions to their heavenly ideal is explicitly stated by the Gnostics: 'Some of them prepare a nuptial couch and perform a sort of mystic rite (mystagogia)... affirming that what is performed by them is a spiritual marriage after the likeness of the unions... above' (Adv. haer. I, 21:3)." 83
As with so many other doctrines, Catholicism has rejected the Judaeo-Christian outlook in favor of Hellenistic ideals. Robert Markus observes, "The ideal of the philosophic life was among the most important of the sources which nourished Christian monasticism.... In contrast with Judaism... the whole Hellenistic and Roman philosophical tradition offered a rich store-house of commonplaces extolling the ascetic life."84
Who Holds the Keys? (Pope or Prophet) Response by Barry Bickmore
77 LDS scholar John Tvedtnes offers a novel explanation for Jesus' statement: "... in the Apocrypha... we read of a young woman, Sarah, who had been married to seven husbands (all brothers), each of whom was killed on the wedding night by a demon. But in the story (Tobit 6:10-8:9), Sara ultimately marries an eighth husband, Tobias, son of Tobit, who, following instructions from the archangel Raphael, manages to chase the demon away and is therefore not slain. Of special interest is the fact that the archangel (who, according to Tobit 3:17, had been sent to arrange the marriage) tells the young man that his wife had been appointed to him "from the beginning" (Tobit 6:17). This implies that she had not been sealed to any of her earlier husbands, which would explain why none of them would claim her in the resurrection, as Jesus explained. But if she were sealed to Tobias, the situation changes. Assuming that the Sadducees (whose real issue was one of resurrection, not of eternal marriage) were alluding to this story but left off part of it, this would explain why Jesus told them, 'Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God'" (Tvedtnes, J., "A Much-Needed Book That Needs Much", FARMS Review of Books, vol. 9, no. 1, 1997, p. 41.)
78 See Stroumsa, G. G., Hidden Wisdom: Esoteric Traditions and the Roots of Christian Mysticism, (New York: E.J. Brill, 1996); also Cardinal Danielou's The Theology of Jewish Christianity.
79 Grant, R.M., After the New Testament, (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1967,) p. 184.
80 Origen, De Principiis 2:11:2, in ANF 4:297.
81 A Jewish account of the same doctrine occurs in Falasha 5 Baruch. Baruch is being conducted through the heavens by an angel. At the highest level the following conversation occurs: "I asked the angel who conducted me and said to him: 'Who enters through this gate?' He who guided me answered and said to me: 'Blessed are those who enter through this gate. (Here) the husband remains with his wife and the wife remains with her husband.'" (Leslau, W., Falasha Anthology, New Haven: Yale, 1951, p. 65.)
82 Didache 11, in ANF 7:380-381.
83 Danielou, The Theology of Jewish Christianity, p. 351.
84 Markus, R.A., The End of Ancient Christianity, (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1990,) p. 73.