Luke 20:38
And He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for to Him they are all living.
1770 John Worsley NT
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
39And some of the scribes replied, Master, thou hast indeed said right.
Cross References
John 11:25Jesus then told her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth on me, though he were dead, shall live again.
Romans 6:10but as He liveth, He liveth unto God.
Romans 14:7For none of us liveth to himself, and no one dieth to himself:
2 Corinthians 13:4For if He was crucified as from weakness, yet He now liveth by the power of God: for we also are weak in Him, but shall live with Him by the power of God manifested to 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 →