Mark 12:27
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He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err.

is not.

Romans 4:17 (As it is written: I have made thee a father of many nations), before God, whom he believed: who quickeneth the dead and calleth those things that are not, as those that are.

Romans 14:9 For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.

Hebrews 11:13-16 All these died according to faith, not having received the promises but beholding them afar off and saluting them and confessing that they are pilgrims and strangers on the earth. . . .

ye.

Mark 12:24 And Jesus answering, saith to them: Do ye not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures nor the power of God?

Proverbs 19:27 Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.

Hebrews 3:10 Forty years: for which cause I was offended with this generation, and I said: They always err in heart. And they have not known my ways.

Context
The Sadducees and the Resurrection
26And as concerning the dead that they rise again have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? 27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You therefore do greatly err. 28And there came one of the scribes that had heard them reasoning together, and seeing that he had answered them well, asked him which was the first commandment of all.…
Cross References
Matthew 22:29
And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

Matthew 22:32
I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.

Luke 20:38
For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.

Lexicon
He is
ἔστιν (estin)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

not
οὐκ (ouk)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not.

[the] God
Θεὸς (Theos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.

of [the] dead,
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

but
ἀλλὰ (alla)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 235: But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.

of [the] living.
ζώντων (zōntōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 2198: To live, be alive. A primary verb; to live.

You are badly mistaken!”
πλανᾶσθε (planasthe)
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4105: To lead astray, deceive, cause to wander. From plane; to roam.


Additional Translations
He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

He is not God of the dead, but of the living. You err greatly."

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err.

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living. Ye therefore greatly err.

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."

He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

he is not the God of dead men, but a God of living men; ye then go greatly astray.'
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