27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"


In Context

24 Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?

25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.

26 Now about the dead rising--have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, '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 badly mistaken!"

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?"

29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Mark 12:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye therefore greatly err.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:27he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err.