Mark 12:20

But what about this story? There were 7 brothers. The oldest one got married, but he died before his wife had a baby.

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In The King James Version

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

In Context

19They said to him, “Teacher, Moses wrote one of God's laws like this, ‘If a man gets married but dies before his wife has a baby, then his brother has to marry that woman. Then if they have a baby, it is like that baby belongs to her first husband and so his family line can keep going.’

21So the next brother married the woman to follow God's law, but he died too before they had children. Then the next brother married the woman and he died before they had a baby.

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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 →

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