Mark 12:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 22:25-28 : 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26 in like manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And after them all, the woman died. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
  • Luke 20:29-33 : 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless; 30 and the second: 31 and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died. 32 Afterward the woman also died. 33 In the resurrection therefore whose wife of them shall she be? for the seven had her to wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 20:28-35
    8 verses
    94%

    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. [

    29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

    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:

  • 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.

  • Mark 12:21-23
    3 verses
    91%

    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.

  • Mark 12:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    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.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    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
    74%

    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.

  • Num 27:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.

    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;

  • Gen 38:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

    9And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Num 36:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

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

    12They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    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.

  • Matt 19:10
    69%

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

  • Judg 21:7
    69%

    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
    69%

    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:

  • Exod 21:10
    69%

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

  • Deut 24:1
    69%

    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.

  • Mark 10:7
    68%

    7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.

  • 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;

  • 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.

  • Gen 20:12
    68%

    12And moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

  • Deut 28:30
    68%

    30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Gen 2:24
    68%

    24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

  • Luke 18:29
    68%

    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,