Devine Scripture

Mark 12:20

Mark chapter 12 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

v.20This passage

v.21and the second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind him; and the third likewise:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 22:25

    Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;

  • Luke 20:29

    There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;