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

Mark 12:20 · KJV

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

— Mark 12:20

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.

Verse 21

And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

Mark 12 — Context

Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

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.

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

And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

Cross References

Luke 20:29-33

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

Matthew 22:25-28

Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. {seventh: Gr. seven}