Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.
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- Rom 14:9 : 9 And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.
- Rom 4:17 : 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.
- Heb 3:10 : 10 So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;
- Heb 11:13-16 : 13 All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are searching for a country for themselves. 15 And truly if they had kept in mind the country from which they went out, they would have had chances of turning back. 16 But now their desire is for a better country, that is to say, for one in heaven; and so it is no shame to God to be named their God; for he has made ready a town for them.
- Prov 19:27 : 27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.
- Mark 12:24 : 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?
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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.
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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:
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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.
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