Mark 12:20 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

[Now] there were [these] seven brothers; the first one got married, but when he died he left no children behind.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Now there were seven brothers; the first one took a wife and died, leaving no children.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman; when he died, he left no children.

Catholic Public Domain Version

So then, there were seven brothers. And the first took a wife, and he died without leaving behind offspring.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Now there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no issue.

Mark 12:20 Cross References

Mark 12:19

“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.

Mark 12:21

So, the second one married his widow, and at his death he too left no children behind. Then the third one did the same thing.