Matthew 22:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother. [Deut. 25:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Common English Bible

²⁴ They asked, “Teacher, Moses said, If a man who doesn’t have children dies, his brother must marry his wife and produce children for his brother.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ saying: "Teacher, Moses said: If anyone will have died, having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and he shall raise up offspring to his brother.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁴ Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.

Matthew 22:24 Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Remain a widow in your father’s house until my son Shelah grows up,” for he feared that he too would die, like his brothers. So Tamar went to live in her father’s house.

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her; raise up offspring for your brother.”

Matthew 22:16

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one, for you do not regard people with partiality.

Matthew 22:25

Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died childless, leaving the widow to his brother.

Matthew 22:36

“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

Matthew 7:21

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.

Mark 12:19

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

Luke 20:28

and asked him a question: “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.

Luke 20:33

In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married her.”

Luke 6:46

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I tell you?

Ruth 1:11

But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters. Why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands?

Ruth 3:13

Remain this night, and in the morning, if he will act as next-of-kin for you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to act as next-of-kin for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will act as next-of-kin for you. Lie down until the morning.”

Ruth 4:5

Then Boaz said, “The day you acquire the field from the hand of Naomi, you are also acquiring Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead man, to maintain the dead man’s name on his inheritance.”