Mark 12:20

Then seven brethren there were, [or Therefore seven brethren were], (or And so there were seven brothers); and the first took a wife, and died, and left no seed.

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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

19Master, (or Teacher), Moses wrote to us, that if the brother of a man were dead, and left his wife, and have no sons, his brother take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

21And the second took her, and died, and neither he left seed. And the third also.

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Cross References

Matthew 22:25And there were seven brethren to us; and the first wedded a wife, and is dead. And he had no seed, and 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 →

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