Contradiction with Matthew 22:31-32
While Mark 12:26 refers to God speaking to Moses about the resurrection, Matthew emphasizes that God is the God of the living, not the dead, emphasizing life after death.
Matthew 22:31-32: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Contradiction with Luke 20:37-38
Contradicts by highlighting that God is not the God of the dead, but of the living, suggesting that all are alive to Him, which is a broader interpretation than Mark 12:26.
Luke 20:37-38: Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:5
This suggests the dead know nothing, contradicting the notion of resurrection implied in Mark 12:26.
Ecclesiastes 9:5: For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 15:16
States that if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen, focusing on the necessity of resurrection, which Mark 12:26 only implies through God's statement to Moses.
1 Corinthians 15:16: For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: