Mark 12:19

KJV1611 – Modern English

'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.

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  • Gen 38:8 : 8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.
  • Deut 25:5-9 : 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.' 8 Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him; and if he stands firm, and says, 'I do not want to take her,' 9 Then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his shoe from his foot, spit in his face, and shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.' 10 And his name shall be called in Israel, 'The house of him who had his shoe removed.'
  • Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 And Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters: why will you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband tonight and also bear sons; 13 Would you wait for them till they were grown? Would you restrain yourselves from having husbands? No, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.
  • Ruth 4:5 : 5 Then Boaz said, 'The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.'

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  • Luke 20:27-35
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    94%

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

    28Saying, 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.

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

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

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

    32Last of all the woman died also.

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

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

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

  • Matt 22:23-26
    4 verses
    93%

    23The same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him and asked him,

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

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

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

  • Mark 12:20-23
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    87%

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

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

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

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

  • Deut 25:5-7
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    80%

    5If 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.

    6And 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.

    7And 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.'

  • Mark 12:18
    79%

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

  • Gen 38:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

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

    9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

  • Matt 22:28
    72%

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

  • Matt 19:7
    72%

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

  • Lev 20:21
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    21And 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.

  • Num 27:8-11
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    8And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man dies and has no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter.

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

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

    11And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest kinsman from his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be a statute of judgment to the children of Israel, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Matt 19:10
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    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Matt 22:31
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    31But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,

  • Mark 10:3-4
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    3And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?

    4And they said, Moses allowed to write a certificate of divorce, and to dismiss her.

  • Mark 12:25-26
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    69%

    25For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.

    26But concerning the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, in the burning bush passage, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

  • Deut 24:3
    68%

    3And 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;

  • Mark 10:12
    68%

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

    38but you shall go to my father's house and to my kindred, and take a wife for my son.'

  • Luke 12:13
    68%

    13And one of the company said to him, Master, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.

  • Matt 19:3-4
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    3The Pharisees also came to him, testing him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

    4And he answered and said to them, Have you not read that he who made them at the beginning made them male and female,

  • Rom 7:3
    67%

    3So 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.

  • Deut 24:1
    67%

    1When 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.

  • Exod 21:9
    67%

    9And if he has betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters.

  • Num 36:6
    67%

    6This is what the LORD commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry whom they think best; only within the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

  • Deut 25:9
    67%

    9Then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his shoe from his foot, spit in his face, and shall answer and say, 'So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'

  • Gen 12:19
    67%

    19Why did you say, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me as a wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.