Mark 12:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 22:25-28 : 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 20:29-33 : 29 There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children. 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.

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  • Luke 20:28-35
    8 verses
    94%

    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.

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

    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:

  • 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.

  • Mark 12:21-23
    3 verses
    91%

    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.

  • Mark 12:18-19
    2 verses
    87%

    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.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    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
    74%

    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.

  • Num 27:8-10
    3 verses
    71%

    8 And 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.

    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,

  • Gen 38:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

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

    9 But 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.

  • 2 Sam 14:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6 And your maidservant had two sons, and the two fought together in the field, and there was none to separate them, but one struck the other, and killed him.

    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.

  • 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.

  • Num 36:11-12
    2 verses
    69%

    11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to 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%

    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.

  • Matt 19:10
    69%

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

  • Judg 21:7
    69%

    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
    69%

    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.

  • Exod 21:10
    69%

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

  • Deut 24:1
    69%

    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.

  • Mark 10:7
    68%

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

  • Gen 24:38
    68%

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

  • 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;

  • Ruth 1:5
    68%

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

  • Gen 20:12
    68%

    12 And 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%

    30 You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Gen 2:24
    68%

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

  • Luke 18:29
    68%

    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,