Luke 20:38

And God is not (the God) of dead men, but of living men; for all men live to him. (And God is not the God of the dead, but of the living; because everyone is alive to him.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

37And that dead men rise again, also Moses showed beside the bush, as he saith, (or And that the dead rise again, Moses showed beside the bush, when he said), The Lord God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob.

39And some of the scribes answering, said, Master, thou hast well said, (or Teacher, thou hast answered well).

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Cross References

Psalms 16:5The Lord is [the] part of mine heritage, and of my passion; thou art, that shall restore mine heritage to me. (The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, and of my cup; thou art he, who shall restore my inheritance to me.)

Psalms 145:1The psalm of David. My God, king, I shall enhance thee; and I shall bless thy name into the world, and into the world of world. ( A song by David. My God and my King, I shall exalt thee; and I shall bless thy name forever and ever.)

John 11:25Jesus saith to her, I am again-rising and life (or I am the resurrection and the life); he that believeth in me, yea, though he be dead, he shall live;

Romans 6:10For that he was dead to sin, he was dead once; but that he liveth, he liveth to God.

Romans 14:7For no man of us liveth (un)to himself, and no man dieth (un)to himself.

2 Corinthians 13:4For though he was crucified of infirmity, but he liveth of the virtue of God. For also we be sick in him, but we shall live with him of the virtue of God in us. (For though he was crucified in weakness, now he liveth by the power of God. For we also be frail or weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God in us.)

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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