20Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.


In Context

17 Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's." And they were amazed at him.

18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question.

19 "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.

20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.

21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.

22 In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too.

Mark 12:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:20Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:20There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:20There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:20'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:20Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.