Luke 20:29

American Standard Version (1901)

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:20 : 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  • Jer 22:30 : 30 Thus saith Jehovah, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Mark 12:18-23
    6 verses
    94%

    18And there come unto him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

    19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

    20There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

    21and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

    22and the seven left no seed. Last of all the woman also died.

    23In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

  • Matt 22:24-28
    5 verses
    92%

    24saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

    25Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

    26in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

    27And after them all, the woman died.

    28In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

  • Luke 20:30-35
    6 verses
    92%

    30and the second:

    31and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

    32Afterward the woman also died.

    33In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

    34And Jesus said unto them, The sons of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

    35but they that are accounted worthy to attain to that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27And there came to him certain of the Sadducees, they that say that there is no resurrection;

    28and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. [

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her.

    6And it shall be, that the first-born that she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother that is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel.

    7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother unto me.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

    20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2For the woman that hath a husband is bound by law to the husband while he liveth; but if the husband die, she is discharged from the law of the husband.

    3So then if, while the husband liveth, she be joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if the husband die, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she be joined to another man.

  • Num 27:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

    10And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren.

  • Deut 21:15
    71%

    15If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first-born son be hers that was hated;

  • 1 Cor 7:29
    71%

    29But this I say, brethren, the time is shortened, that henceforth both those that have wives may be as though they had none;

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

    7And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Matt 19:10
    70%

    10The disciples say unto him, If the case of the man is so with his wife, it is not expedient to marry.

  • Luke 18:29
    70%

    29And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or wife, or brethren, or parents, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

  • Matt 19:7
    69%

    7They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put [her] away?

  • 1 Cor 7:38-39
    2 verses
    69%

    38So then both he that giveth his own virgin [daughter] in marriage doeth well; and he that giveth her not in marriage shall do better.

    39A wife is bound for so long time as her husband liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is free to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, who took her to be his wife;

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    68%

    7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thy handmaid, and they say, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also. Thus will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

  • Jer 29:6
    68%

    6Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply ye there, and be not diminished.

  • Matt 19:29
    68%

    29And every one that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

  • Mark 10:29
    68%

    29Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake, and for the gospel's sake,

  • Deut 24:1
    68%

    1When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Judg 21:7
    68%

    7How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by Jehovah that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?

  • Gen 19:31
    68%

    31And the first-born said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

  • Gen 38:8
    68%

    8And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

  • Exod 21:10
    68%

    10If he take him another [wife] ; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.

  • Ruth 1:5
    68%

    5And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them; and the woman was left of her two children and of her husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    68%

    2But, because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.

  • Num 36:11
    68%

    11for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons.

  • Lev 21:2
    68%

    2except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,