Mark 12:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Matt 22:25-28 : 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection 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 without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. 32 Last of all the woman died also. 33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Luke 20:28-35
    8 verses
    94%

    28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

    29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

    30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

    31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.

    32Last of all the woman died also.

    33Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.

    34And Jesus answering said unto them, ‹The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:›

    35‹But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:›

  • Matt 22:24-28
    5 verses
    92%

    24Saying, Master, 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, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

    26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

    27And last of all the woman died also.

    28Therefore in the resurrection 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, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

    22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

    23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

  • Mark 12:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    18¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

    19Master, 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.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry 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 an husband's brother unto her.

    6And it shall be, [that] the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother [which is] dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

    7And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife 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 my husband's brother.

  • 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] an unclean thing: 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%

    15¶ If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, [both] the beloved and the hated; and [if] the firstborn 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 marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

    9And Onan knew that the seed should 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 that 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 slew him.

    7And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon 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:

    12[And] they 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 which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.

    3So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

  • Matt 19:10
    69%

    10His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.

  • Judg 21:7
    69%

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

  • Gen 19:31
    69%

    31And the firstborn 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%

    1¶ When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give [it] in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Mark 10:7
    68%

    7‹For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and 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 unto my son.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And [if] the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth [it] in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her [to be] his wife;

  • Ruth 1:5
    68%

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

  • Gen 20:12
    68%

    12And yet indeed [she is] my sister; she [is] 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 an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes 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 parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,›