Mark 12:26 — Meaning and Application

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“And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I {am} the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?”

Mark 12:26

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And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I {am} the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

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Mark 12:1

"And he began to speak unto them by parables. A {certain} man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about {it}, and digged {a place for} the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country."

Mark 12:2

"And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard."

Mark 12:3

"And they caught {him}, and beat him, and sent {him} away empty."

Mark 12:4

"And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded {him} in the head, and sent {him} away shamefully handled."

Mark 12:5

"And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some."

Mark 12:6

"Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son."

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