Verse 27 The argument is, that he would not call himself the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, if these patriarchs had really ceased to exist, He would have said to Moses "I was the God of Abraham," &c. The Sadducees admitted the authority of the Old Testament scriptures, but they denied that the immortality of the soul was taught there; and, in fact, the allusions to this doctrine are far less frequent and unequivocal, in those scriptures than we should have expected to find them. Mark 12:29,30. Deuteronomy 6:4,5. There is no distinction intended between the several clauses in Mark 12:30. It is repetition for the sake of emphasis.