Luke 20:28

Contemporary English Version 1995

and said: Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

So Judah told Onan, “It's your duty to marry Tamar and have a child for your brother.”

Genesis 38:26

“Those are mine!” Judah admitted. “She's a better person than I am, because I broke my promise to let her marry my son Shelah.” After this, Judah never slept with her again.

Genesis 38:11

Judah did not want the same thing to happen to his son Shelah, and he told Tamar, “Go home to your father and live there as a widow until my son Shelah is grown.” So Tamar went to live with her father.

Luke 20:29

There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children.