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26 But [a]regarding the fact that the dead are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, (A)in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘(B)I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? 27 (C)He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken.”

The Foremost Commandment

28 (D)And when one of the scribes came and heard them arguing, he (E)recognized that He had answered them well and asked Him, “What commandment is the [b]foremost of all?”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:26 Lit concerning the dead, that they rise
  2. Mark 12:28 Or first

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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Footnotes

  1. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6