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Mark 12:27

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He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
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  1. Romans 14:9Rank 1 from verse 27
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    9For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.

  2. Mark 12:24Rank 2 from verse 27
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    24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

  3. Romans 4:17Rank 3 from verse 27
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    17(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.

  4. Hebrews 11:13–16Rank 4 from verse 27
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

    15And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

    16But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

  5. Hebrews 3:10Rank 5 from verse 27
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    10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

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Mark 12:27

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dead

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Sense 1: Without life; deprived of life. Sense 2: Lifeless, inactive, insensible, or separated from a former state by figure.

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

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ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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err

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To stray, wander, depart, or be led away from the right way, truth, command, knowledge, or judgment; to be mistaken or wrong.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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26And 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?

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

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28¶ 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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