Mark 12:19

God's Word

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If a man dies and leaves a wife but no child, his brother should marry his widow and have children for his brother.’

Cross References

Genesis 38:8

Then Judah said to Onan, “Go sleep with your brother’s widow. Do your duty for her as a brother-in-law, and produce a descendant for your brother.”

Mark 12:20

There were seven brothers. The first got married and died without having children.

Luke 20:33

Now, when the dead come back to life, whose wife will she be? The seven brothers had married her.”

Ruth 4:5

Boaz continued, “When you buy the field from Naomi, you will also assume responsibility for the Moabite Ruth, the dead man’s widow. This keeps the inheritance in the dead man’s name.”