Verse 27

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.

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  • Rom 14:9 : 9 For this reason Christ died, returned to life, and rose again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
  • Rom 4:17 : 17 As it is written: 'I have made you a father of many nations.' He is our father in the sight of God, in whom he believed—the God who gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were.
  • Heb 3:10 : 10 That is why I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always wandering, and they have not known my ways.'
  • Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these people died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar and been persuaded of them, and having embraced them, they openly declared that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
  • Prov 19:27 : 27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
  • Mark 12:24 : 24 Jesus replied, 'Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?'