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Luke 20:38

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

37Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’

39Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”

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Cross References

Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Psalms 145:1A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.

John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

Romans 6:10The death He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life He lives, He lives to God.

Romans 14:7For none of us lives to himself alone, and none of us dies to himself alone.

2 Corinthians 13:4For although He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

Matthew Henry on Luke 20:28-39

The Cavil of the Sadducees. 27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like… Read the whole commentary →

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