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Mark 12:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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’? "
Mark 12:26
Verse in Context
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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’?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
28 One 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?”
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Mark 12:1
"He began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the wine press, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country."
Mark 12:2
"When it was time, he sent a servant to the farmer to get from the farmer his share of the fruit of the vineyard."
Mark 12:3
"They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty."
Mark 12:4
"Again, he sent another servant to them; and they threw stones at him, wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated."
Mark 12:5
"Again he sent another, and they killed him, and many others, beating some, and killing some."
Mark 12:6
"Therefore still having one, his beloved son, he sent him last to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’"
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