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Mark 12:26-28
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Mark 12:26-28
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26 Surely you have read what God said about people rising from death. In the book where Moses wrote about the burning bush,[a] it says that God told Moses this: ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[b] 27 So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. You Sadducees are so wrong!”
Which Command Is the Most Important?(A)
28 One of the teachers of the law came to Jesus. He heard Jesus arguing with the Sadducees and the Pharisees. He saw that Jesus gave good answers to their questions. So he asked him, “Which of the commands is the most important?”
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- Mark 12:26 burning bush See Ex. 3:1-12.
- Mark 12:26
Quote from Ex. 3:6.
Mark 12:26-28
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Mark 12:26-28
New International Version
26 Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account of the burning bush, how God said to him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’[a]?(A) 27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”
The Greatest Commandment(B)
28 One of the teachers of the law(C) came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
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- Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6
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