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


In Context

17 Jesus answered them, |Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.| They marveled greatly at him.

18 There came to him Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him, saying,

19 |Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'

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

21 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;

22 and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:20Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children.

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 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.