Mark 12:20

There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, and leaue his wife, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and rayse vp seede vnto his brother.

21Then the seconde tooke her, and he died, neither did he yet leaue issue, and the third likewise:

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Cross References

Matthew 22:25Nowe there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first maried a wife, and deceased: and hauing none yssue, left his wife vnto 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 →

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