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37 “But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—even Moses proved this when he wrote about the burning bush. Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, he referred to the Lord[a] as ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[b] 38 So he is the God of the living, not the dead, for they are all alive to him.”

39 “Well said, Teacher!” remarked some of the teachers of religious law who were standing there.

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  1. 20:37a Greek when he wrote about the bush. He referred to the Lord.
  2. 20:37b Exod 3:6.

37 But in the account of the burning bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’[a](A) 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.”

39 Some of the teachers of the law responded, “Well said, teacher!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 20:37 Exodus 3:6