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Mark 12:26

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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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Mark 12:26 in other translations

But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in the place concerning the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

Mark 12:26 · American Standard Version

Mark 12:26 in context

  1. 24Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God?
  2. 25For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
  3. 26But 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’?
  4. 27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
  5. 28One of the scribes came, and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”