They 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 SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Luke 20:28 in context
Luke 20:25–31
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He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
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They weren’t able to trap him in his words before the people. They marveled at his answer and were silent.
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Some of the Sadducees came to him, those who deny that there is a resurrection.
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They 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.
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There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
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The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
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The third took her, and likewise the seven all left no children, and died.
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