Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying, left no child;
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
In Context
21and the second took her, and he died, and left no child; and the third, likewise;
Cross References
Matthew 22:25Now there were with us seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died; and, having no child, left his wife to his brother.
Matthew Henry on Mark 12:19-28
The Question of the Sadducees. 18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and… Read the whole commentary →