Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Mark 12:20 in other translations
| BSB | Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children. |
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| WEB | There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring. |
| ASV | There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed; |
| YLT | ‘There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed; |
| DARBY | There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed; |
| BBE | There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring; |
| Webster | Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. |
What does Mark 12:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Mark 12:19-22
19-22. Master, Moses wrote unto us--(De 25:5). If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him ... And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 12:18-27
A right knowledge of the Scripture, as the fountain whence all revealed religion now flows, and the foundation on which it is built, is the best preservative against error. Christ put aside the objection of the Sadducees, who were the scoffing infidels of that day, by setting the doctrine of the future state in a true light. The relation between husband and wife, though appointed in the earthly paradise, will not be…
Mark 12:20 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Mark 12:20
- Matthew 22:25-28
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
- Luke 20:29-33
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. Last of all the woman died also. …
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Context
- Mark 12:19
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Mark 12:20
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
- Mark 12:21
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
Mark 12:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Fueron siete hermanos: y el primero tomó mujer, y muriendo, no dejó simiente; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Il y avait sept frères; et le premier prit une femme, et en mourant ne laissa pas de postérité; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es waren sieben Brüder. Und der erste nahm ein Weib; und als er starb, hinterließ er keinen Samen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Septem ergo fratres erant: et primus accepit uxorem, et mortuus est non relicto semine. |