Mark 12:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But as to the dead coming back to life; have you not seen in the book of Moses, about the burning thorn-tree, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

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  • Luke 20:37 : 37 But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
  • Acts 7:30-32 : 30 At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree. 31 And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying, 32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.
  • Gen 17:7-8 : 7 And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you. 8 And to you and to your seed after you, I will give the land in which you are living, all the land of Canaan for an eternal heritage; and I will be their God.
  • Gen 26:24 : 24 That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
  • Gen 28:13 : 13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.
  • Gen 31:42 : 42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away with nothing in my hands. But God has seen my troubles and the work of my hands, and this night he kept you back.
  • Gen 32:9 : 9 Then Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, the God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, Go back to your country and your family and I will be good to you:
  • Gen 33:20 : 20 And there he put up an altar, naming it El, the God of Israel.
  • Exod 3:2-6 : 2 And the angel of the Lord was seen by him in a flame of fire coming out of a thorn-tree: and he saw that the tree was on fire, but it was not burned up. 3 And Moses said, I will go and see this strange thing, why the tree is not burned up, 4 And when the Lord saw him turning to one side to see, God said his name out of the tree, crying, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. 5 And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. 6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.
  • Exod 3:16 : 16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;
  • Isa 41:8-9 : 8 But as for you, Israel, my servant, and you, Jacob, whom I have taken for myself, the seed of Abraham my friend: 9 You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and sent for from its farthest parts, saying to you, You are my servant, whom I have taken for myself, and whom I have not given up: 10 Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.
  • Matt 22:31-32 : 31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings: 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.
  • Mark 12:10 : 10 Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:

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    36 And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.

    37 But even Moses made it clear that the dead come back to life, saying, in the story of the burning thorn-tree, The Lord, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

    38 Now he is not the God of the dead but of the living: for all men are living to him.

  • Matt 22:28-33
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    28 When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.

    29 But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.

    30 For when they come back from the dead there are no husbands and wives, but they are as the angels in heaven.

    31 But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

    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 the people hearing it were surprised at his teaching.

  • Mark 12:27
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    27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.

  • Acts 7:32
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    32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.

  • Mark 12:23-25
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    23 In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.

    24 Jesus said to them, Is not this the reason for your error, that you have no knowledge of the holy Writings or of the power of God?

    25 When they come back from the dead, they do not get married, but are like the angels in heaven.

  • Exod 3:6
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    6 And he said, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses kept his face covered for fear of looking on God.

  • Exod 4:5
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    5 So that they may be certain that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by you.

  • Exod 3:14-16
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    14 And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

    15 And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.

    16 Go and get together the chiefs of the children of Israel, and say to them, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has been seen by me, and has said, Truly I have taken up your cause, because of what is done to you in Egypt;

  • Mark 12:18-19
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    18 And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

    19 Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.

  • John 11:25-26
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    25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

    26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

  • Luke 20:27-28
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    27 And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,

    28 Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.

  • Matt 22:23-24
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    23 On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,

    24 Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;

  • Luke 16:29-31
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    29 But Abraham said, They have Moses and the prophets; let them give ear to what they say.

    30 And he said, No, father Abraham, but if someone went to them from the dead, their hearts would be changed.

    31 And he said to him, If they will not give attention to Moses and the prophets, they will not be moved even if someone comes back from the dead.

  • Acts 26:8
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    8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

  • John 5:25
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    25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

  • Acts 13:30
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    30 But God gave him back from the dead:

  • John 5:28
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    28 Do not be surprised at this: for the time is coming when his voice will come to all who are in the place of the dead,

  • Exod 6:2-3
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    2 And God said to Moses, I am Yahweh:

    3 I let myself be seen by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God, the Ruler of all; but they had no knowledge of my name Yahweh.

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

  • John 11:23
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    23 Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.

  • Luke 24:5
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    5 And while their faces were bent down to the earth in fear, these said to them, Why are you looking for the living among the dead?

  • Rom 4:17
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    17 (As it is said in the holy Writings, I have made you a father of a number of nations) before him in whom he had faith, that is, God, who gives life to the dead, and to whom the things which are not are as if they were.

  • John 8:52-53
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    52 The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

    53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?

  • Luke 20:33
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    33 When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.

  • Isa 26:19
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    19 Your dead will come back; their dead bodies will come to life again. Those in the dust, awaking from their sleep, will send out a song; for your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the shades.

  • Exod 19:3
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    3 And Moses went up to God, and the voice of the Lord came to him from the mountain, saying, Say to the family of Jacob, and give word to the children of Israel:

  • Isa 26:14
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    14 The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.

  • Gen 46:3
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    3 And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

  • Gen 28:13
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    13 And he saw the Lord by his side, saying, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: I will give to you and to your seed this land on which you are sleeping.

  • John 12:17
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    17 Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29 Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?