Luke 20:38

American Standard Version (1901)

Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

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  • Col 3:3-4 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live; 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?
  • Rom 6:10-11 : 10 For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Even so reckon ye also yourselves to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.
  • Rom 6:22-23 : 22 But now being made free from sin and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto sanctification, and the end eternal life. 23 For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ died and lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.
  • Ps 16:5-9 : 5 Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons. 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
  • Ps 22:23-26 : 23 Ye that fear Jehovah, praise him; All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; And stand in awe of him, all ye the seed of Israel. 24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard. 25 Of thee cometh my praise in the great assembly: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied; They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him: Let your heart live for ever.
  • Ps 145:1-2 : 1 [[ A Psalm of] praise; of David]. I will extol thee, my God, O King; And I will bless thy name for ever and ever. 2 Every day will I bless thee; And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
  • John 6:57 : 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
  • John 14:19 : 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • Heb 11:16 : 16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, a heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for he hath prepared for them a city.
  • Rev 7:15-17 : 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,

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    25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.

    26 But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

    27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

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    31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

    32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not [the God] of the dead, but of the living.

    33 And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

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    36 for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

    37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in [the place concerning] the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

  • 39 And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

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    7 For none of us liveth to himself, and none dieth to himself.

    8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.

    9 For to this end Christ died and lived [again], that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

  • 30 But God raised him from the dead:

  • 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.

  • 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there one, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.

  • 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.

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    25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

    26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this?

  • 17 I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of Jehovah.

  • 17 The dead praise not Jehovah, Neither any that go down into silence;

  • Rom 6:9-10
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    9 knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.

    10 For the death that he died, he died unto sin once: but the life that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

  • 8 Why is it judged incredible with you, if God doth raise the dead?

  • 15 and he died for all, that they that live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who for their sakes died and rose again.

  • 1 Pet 4:5-6
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    5 who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the living and the dead.

    6 For unto this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

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    4 For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

    5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

  • 37 but he whom God raised up saw no corruption.

  • 25 neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  • 20 God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

  • 6 Jehovah killeth, and maketh alive: He bringeth down to Sheol, and bringeth up.

  • 42 And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God [to be] the Judge of the living and the dead.

  • 16 O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.

  • 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

  • 17 (as it is written, A father of many nations have I made thee) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who giveth life to the dead, and calleth the things that are not, as though they were.

  • 19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead?

  • 28 Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,

  • 5 The rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should be finished. This is the first resurrection.

  • 20 And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

  • 17 For a testament is of force where there hath been death: for it doth never avail while he that made it liveth.

  • 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption.

  • 21 For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.

  • 2 Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

  • 32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.

  • 5 and as they were affrighted and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?

  • 18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

  • 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

  • 4 But ye that did cleave unto Jehovah your God are alive every one of you this day.

  • 38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us: