Mark 12:20

World English Bible

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

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Mark 12:20 in other translations

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

Mark 12:20 · American Standard Version

Mark 12:20 in context

  1. 18Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying,
  2. 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.’
  3. 20There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
  4. 21The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
  5. 22and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.