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24 Jesus said to them, “Are you not mistaken[a] because of this— not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? 25 For when they rise-up from the dead, they neither marry nor are they given-in-marriage, but they are like angels[b] in the heavens. 26 And concerning the dead, that they are raised, did you not read in the book of Moses at the [place about the burning] bush, how God spoke to him, saying [in Ex 3:15] ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

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  1. Mark 12:24 Or, deceived, going-astray; deceiving yourselves.
  2. Mark 12:25 That is, not subject to death (and so not needing to marry and procreate), and members of God’s family, not separate families. See Lk 20:36.

24 Jesus replied, “Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures(A) or the power of God? 25 When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven.(B) 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]?(C)

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  1. Mark 12:26 Exodus 3:6