But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?†
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 12:26 in context
Mark 12:23–29
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In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”
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Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God?
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But about the dead, that they are raised, haven’t you read in the book of Moses about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?†
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken.”
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One of the scribes came and heard them questioning together, and knowing that he had answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the greatest of all?”
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Jesus answered, “The greatest is: ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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