Mark 12:27
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Hee is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liuing: yee therefore doe greatly erre.
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- Romans 14:9Rank 1 from verse 27
- Mark 12:24Rank 2 from verse 27
- Romans 4:17Rank 3 from verse 27
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.
17(As it is written, *I haue made thee a father of many nations) ‖before him whom he beleeued, euen God who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which bee not, as though they were,
- Hebrews 11:13–16Rank 4 from verse 27
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.
13These all died †in faith, not hauing receiued the promises, but hauing seene them a farre off, and were perswaded 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 seeke a countrey.
15And truly if they had been mindfull of that countrey, from whence they came out, they might haue had opportunitie to haue returned:
16But now they desire a better countrey, that is, an heauenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to bee called their God: for he hath prepared for thē a city.
- Hebrews 3:10Rank 5 from verse 27
- Proverbs 19:27Rank 6 from verse 27
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Mark 12:27
The one true God.
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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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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.
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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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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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To stray, wander, depart, or be led away from the right way, truth, command, knowledge, or judgment; to be mistaken or wrong.
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12:18¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
12:18¶ *Then come vnto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying,
12:19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
12:19Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If a mans brother die, and leaue his wife behind him, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seed vnto his brother.
12:20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
12:20Now there were seuen brethren: and the first tooke a wife, and dying left no seede.
12:21And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
12:21And the second tooke her, and died, neither left he any seed, and the third likewise.
12:22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
12:22And the seuen had her, and left no seede: last of all the woman died also.
12:23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
12:23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seuen had her to wife.
12:24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:24And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Doe ye not therefore erre, because yee know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are giuen in marriage: but are as the Angels which are in heauen.
12:26And 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?
12:26And as touching the dead, that they rise: haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, how in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob?
12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
12:27Hee is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liuing: yee therefore doe greatly erre.
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