Luke 20:29

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Lev 20:20 : 20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
  • Jer 22:30 : 30 Thus says the LORD, Write this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his descendants shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling anymore in Judah.

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  • Mark 12:18-23
    6 verses
    94%

    18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,

    19 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies and leaves behind a wife and no children, his brother should marry the wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

    20 Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died, leaving no offspring.

    21 The second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise.

    22 So the seven had her and left no offspring. Last of all, the woman died also.

    23 Therefore, in the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be? For all seven had her as wife.

  • Matt 22:24-28
    5 verses
    92%

    24 Saying, Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies without having children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

    25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

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

    27 And last of all the woman died also.

    28 Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.

  • Luke 20:30-35
    6 verses
    92%

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

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

    32 Last of all the woman died also.

    33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife is she? for all seven had her as wife.

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

    35 But those who are counted worthy to attain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

  • Luke 20:27-28
    2 verses
    85%

    27 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, came to him,

    28 Saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother dies, having a wife, and he dies without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

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

    7 And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.'

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Rom 7:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 For the woman who has a husband is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if the husband is dead, she is released from the law of her husband.

    3 So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • Num 27:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers.

    10 And if he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers.

  • Deut 21:15
    71%

    15 If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated,

  • 1 Cor 7:29
    71%

    29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short; so that from now on, even those who have wives should be as though they had none,

  • Deut 20:7
    70%

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

  • Matt 19:10
    70%

    10 His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Luke 18:29
    70%

    29 And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,

  • Matt 19:7
    69%

    7 They said to him, Why then did Moses command to give a certificate of divorce, and to put her away?

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

    38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.

    39 A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord.

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3 And if the latter husband dislikes her, and writes her a certificate of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband dies, who took her to be his wife;

  • 2 Sam 14:7
    68%

    7 And, behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they said, Deliver him who struck 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 extinguish my last remaining ember, and shall not leave to my husband either name or remnant on the earth.

  • Jer 29:6
    68%

    6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may have sons and daughters; that you may increase there and not diminish.

  • Matt 19:29
    68%

    29 And everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

  • Mark 10:29
    68%

    29 And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,

  • Deut 24:1
    68%

    1 When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it comes to pass that she finds no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a certificate of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.

  • Judg 21:7
    68%

    7 What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?

  • Gen 19:31
    68%

    31 And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us in the manner of all the earth.

  • Gen 38:8
    68%

    8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.

  • Exod 21:10
    68%

    10 If he takes another wife, he shall not diminish her food, her clothing, or her marriage rights.

  • Ruth 1:5
    68%

    5 And Mahlon and Chilion both died; and the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    68%

    2 Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • Num 36:11
    68%

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

  • Lev 21:2
    68%

    2 But for his relative who is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,