38but he is not God of the dead but of the living; for all live for him.


In Context

35 but they who are counted worthy to have part in that world, and the resurrection from among the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage;

36 for neither can they die any more, for they are equal to angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

37 But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in the section of the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;

38 but he is not God of the dead but of the living; for all live for him.

39 And some of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well spoken.

40 For they did not dare any more to ask him anything.

Luke 20:38 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:38He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:38For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:38Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:38Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:38Now he is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for all are alive to him.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:38and He is not a God of dead men, but of living, for all live to Him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:38For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.