Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
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- Rom 14:9 : 9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, 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." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Heb 3:10 : 10 Therefore I was displeased with that generation, And said, 'They always err in their heart, But they didn't know my ways;'
- Heb 11:13-16 : 13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen{TR adds "and being convinced of"} them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking after a country of their own. 15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had enough time to return. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
- Prov 19:27 : 27 If you stop listening to instruction, my son, You will stray from the words of knowledge.
- Mark 12:24 : 24 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
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37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called 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 are alive to him."
39 Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
- Matt 22:28-336 verses86%
28 In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her."
29 But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God's angels in heaven.
31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven't you read that which was spoken to 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 When the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
- Mark 12:23-264 verses85%
23 In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife."
24 Jesus answered them, "Isn't this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
25 For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
26 But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'
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28 One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together. Knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, "Which commandment is the greatest of all?"
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25 Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
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30 But God raised him from the dead,
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25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
26 Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
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28 Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
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30 "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
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28 He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
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5 who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead.
6 For to this end was the Gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.
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52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'
53 Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
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9 For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
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1 You were made alive when you were dead in transgressions and sins,
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37 But he whom God raised up saw no decay.
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47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."
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32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord Yahweh: therefore turn yourselves, and live.
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42 He charged us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
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39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.
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22 But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and leave the dead to bury their own dead."
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39 When he had entered in, he said to them, "Why do you make an uproar and weep? The child is not dead, but is asleep."
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15 Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn't raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.
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14 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
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14 [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
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17 He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."