Parallel Verses
Twentieth Century New Testament
He is not God of dead men, but of living. You are greatly mistaken."
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"
A Conservative Version
He is not the God of the dead, but God of the living. Ye therefore are much misled.
American Standard Version
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.
Amplified
An Understandable Version
[So], He is not God to those who are dead, but [He is] God to those who are alive. You are seriously mistaken."
Anderson New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Therefore, you do greatly err.
Bible in Basic English
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: you are greatly in error.
Common New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken."
Daniel Mace New Testament
he is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: and therefore you greatly mistake the meaning.
Darby Translation
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye therefore greatly err.
Godbey New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You do err much.
Goodspeed New Testament
He is not God of dead men but of living! You are entirely wrong."
John Wesley New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye therefore greatly err.
Julia Smith Translation
He is not God of the dead, but God of the living; ye therefore go astray greatly.
King James 2000
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You are very much mistaken!"
Modern King James verseion
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Therefore you greatly err.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He is not the God of the dead: but the God of the living. Ye are therefore greatly deceived."
Moffatt New Testament
He is not the God of dead people but of living. You are far wrong."
Montgomery New Testament
God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are in grave error."
NET Bible
He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"
New Heart English Bible
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
Noyes New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. Ye err greatly.
Sawyer New Testament
He is not a God of the dead, but of the living; you greatly err.
The Emphasized Bible
He is not a God of, dead, men, but of, living. Greatly, are ye deceiving yourselves.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Ye are therefore vastly erroneous.
Webster
He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
Weymouth New Testament
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
Williams New Testament
He is not the God of dead but of living people! You are entirely wrong in your views."
World English Bible
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."
Worrell New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err."
Worsley New Testament
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: therefore ye do greatly mistake.
Youngs Literal Translation
he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'
Themes
God » What the lord God is not
Resurrection » The resurrected
Sadducees » Reject the doctrine of the resurrection
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 12:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Question About Marriage And The Resurrection
26 As to the dead, and the fact that they rise, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God spoke to him thus--'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? 27 He is not God of dead men, but of living. You are greatly mistaken." 28 Then came up one of the Teachers of the Law who had heard their discussions. Knowing that Jesus had answered them wisely, he asked him this question: "What is the first of all the commandments?"
Names
Cross References
Mark 12:24
"Is not the reason of your mistake," answered Jesus, "your ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God?
Romans 4:17
As Scripture says-'I have made thee the Father of many nations.') And this they do in the sight of that God in whom Abraham had faith, and who gives life to the dead, and speaks of what does not yet exist as if it did.
Romans 14:9
The very purpose for which Christ died and came back to life was this--that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.
Hebrews 3:10
Therefore I was sorely vexed with that generation, And I said-- "Their hearts are always straying; They have never learned my ways";
Hebrews 11:13-16
All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth.