Mark 12:19

Catholic Public Domain Version

"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if any man's brother will have died and left behind a wife, and not have left behind sons, his brother should take his wife to himself and should raise up offspring for his brother.

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

Therefore, Judah said to his son Onan: "Enter to the wife of your brother, and associate with her, so that you may raise offspring to your brother."

Mark 12:20

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

Luke 20:33

In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be? For certainly all seven had her as a wife."

Ruth 4:5

And Boaz said to him, "When buying the field, you are likewise obliged to accept the hand of the woman Ruth, the Moabite, who was the wife of the deceased, so that you may raise up the name of your near kinsman through his posterity."