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The Sadducees and the Resurrection

Mark 12:20

In 9 translations

BSB
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died, leaving no children.
KJV
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
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;
LSV
There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;
YLT
'There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;
DBY
There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed;
DRC
Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.
GNV
There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα·
RP2018
Ἑπτὰ ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβεν γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκεν σπέρμα·
TR-Boyd
Ἑπτὰ οὖν ἀδελφοὶ ἦσαν· καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἔλαβε γυναῖκα, καὶ ἀποθνῄσκων οὐκ ἀφῆκε σπέρμα·οὖν ¦ — ST
SCR1894
επτα ουν αδελφοι ησαν και ο πρωτος ελαβεν γυναικα και αποθνησκων ουκ αφηκεν σπερμα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 22:25–28Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother. The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh. And…
  • Luke 20:29–33Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless. Then the second and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children. And last of all, the woman died.

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