28saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.


In Context

25 and he said to them, 'Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

26 and they were not able to take hold on his saying before the people, and having wondered at his answer, they were silent.

27 And certain of the Sadducees, who are denying that there is a rising again, having come near, questioned him,

28 saying, 'Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother may die, having a wife, and he may die childless — that his brother may take the wife, and may raise up seed to his brother.

29 'There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,

30 and the second took the wife, and he died childless,

Luke 20:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:28Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man’s brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:28"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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:28Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:28and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:28demanded of him saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If any one's brother, who has a wife, die, and he die childless, his brother shall take the wife and raise up seed to his brother.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:28saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, that if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he be childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:28Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother should die, having a wife, and he should die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:28They asked him, |Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:28Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.