Luke 20:29 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Now] there were these seven brothers; the first one got married, but when he died he did not leave any children behind.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died without [having any] children.

American Standard Version (1901)

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;

Common English Bible

Now there were seven brothers. The first man married a woman and then died childless.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And so there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without sons.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Luke 20:29 Cross References

Luke 20:28

They said to Him, “Teacher, Moses wrote to us [Deut 25:5] that if a man’s brother dies, leaving his widow [behind] without having had any children, his brother should marry his widow and father children [by her]. These children would then be considered his [dead] brother’s.

Luke 20:30

Then the second one did the same thing.