“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.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Mark 12:19 in context
Mark 12:16–22
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They brought it.
He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
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Jesus answered them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
They marveled greatly at him.
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Some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him, saying,
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Selected verse
“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.’
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There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
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The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
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and the seven took her and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
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