Mark 12:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

There were seven brothers; the first took a wife, and when he died left no children;

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 for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.

Mark 12:21

and the second took her, and died, leaving no children; and the third likewise;