Matthew 22:24

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Luke 6:46 : 46 And why do you call me, Lord, Lord, and do not do the things which I say?
  • Luke 20:28 : 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.
  • Gen 38:8 : 8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go to your brother’s wife, marry her, and raise offspring for your brother.
  • Gen 38:11 : 11 Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, Stay a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up; for he thought, Lest he also die like his brothers. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house.
  • 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 : 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?
  • Matt 7:21 : 21 Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father in heaven.
  • Matt 22:16 : 16 And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, nor do you care about anyone, for you do not regard the person of men.
  • Matt 22:36 : 36 Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?
  • Mark 12:19 : 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.

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  • Luke 20:27-35
    9 verses
    95%

    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:

  • Mark 12:18-23
    6 verses
    93%

    18Then 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.

    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.

  • Matt 22:25-28
    4 verses
    86%

    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.

    27And last of all the woman died also.

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

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    79%

    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.'

  • Matt 22:23
    79%

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

  • Matt 22:30-31
    2 verses
    73%

    30For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like the angels of God in heaven.

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

  • Matt 19:7
    71%

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

  • Gen 38:8
    70%

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

  • Mark 10:2-4
    3 verses
    70%

    2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.

    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.

  • Num 27:8-11
    4 verses
    70%

    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.

  • Mark 12:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

    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'?

  • Matt 19:10
    69%

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

  • Deut 24:3
    69%

    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;

  • Lev 20:21
    69%

    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 36:6
    69%

    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.

  • Gen 24:38
    69%

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

  • Matt 19:3-4
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    68%

    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 7:2-3
    2 verses
    67%

    2For 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.

    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.

  • Matt 22:35
    67%

    35Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him, and saying,

  • John 11:23
    67%

    23Jesus said to her, Your brother will rise again.

  • Luke 20:37
    67%

    37Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed in the bush passage, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.