Mark 12:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. You Sadducees are all wrong.

Cross References

Romans 14:9

This is because Christ died and rose to life, so that he would be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

Romans 4:17

The Scriptures say that Abraham would become the ancestor of many nations. This promise was made to Abraham because he had faith in God, who raises the dead to life and creates new things.

Mark 12:24

Jesus answered: You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God.

Proverbs 19:27

If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.

Matthew 22:29

Jesus answered: You are completely wrong! You don't know what the Scriptures teach. And you don't know anything about the power of God.

Matthew 22:32

“I am the God worshipped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.

Luke 20:38

So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.