Luke 20:38 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

³⁸ So, He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive, for to God, all people are alive.”

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁸ For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁸ Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁸ Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

Common English Bible

³⁸ He isn’t the God of the dead but of the living. To him they are all alive.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁸ And so he is not the God of the dead, but of the living. For all are alive to him."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³⁸ For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

Luke 20:38 Cross References

Matthew 22:32

‘I am Abraham’s God, and Isaac’s God and Jacob’s God.’ [So], He is not God to those who are [physically] dead, but [He is] God to those who are [still] alive.”

Mark 12:27

[So], He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive. You are seriously mistaken.”

Luke 20:39

Then certain experts in the Law of Moses replied to Jesus, “Teacher, you have spoken well.”

John 14:19

After a little while [longer] the world will not see me anymore, but you men will see me. Because I [will continue to] live, you will live also.

John 6:57

Just as the living Father has sent me, and I have [physical and spiritual] life because of the Father, so the person who eats me will also have [physical (?) and spiritual] life because of me.

2 Corinthians 13:4

For He was weak when He was crucified [i.e., by assuming a human body capable of suffering and death], but [now] He lives by God’s power. For we too are weak, [along] with Him [i.e., each of us experiences the frailties of a human body], but by [this same] power from God, we will live with Him to serve you. [Note: The various translations differ widely on how to properly translate this difficult verse].

2 Corinthians 6:16

And what agreement is there between a temple of God and idols? For we are a temple of the living God, just as God said [Lev. 26:12], “I will live in them and walk among them [i.e., among His people]; and I will be their God and they will be my people.”

Hebrews 11:16

But instead, they longed for 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.

Revelation 22:1

Then the angel [See 21:9] showed me the river of the water of life. It was crystal-clear as it flowed out of the throne of God and the Lamb,