Mark 12:20

Plain English Version

But what about this. There were 7 brothers. The oldest brother got married, but he died before his wife could have a baby.

Cross References

Mark 12:19

They said to him, “Teacher, Moses wrote down God’s law like this, he said, ‘If a married man has no kids, and if he dies, then his brother has to marry his widow. Then they have to have kids, and everyone will call those kids that dead brother’s kids.’

Mark 12:21

So the next brother married that woman to follow God’s law, but he died too, before they could have a baby. Then the next brother did the same, but he died too, before they could have a baby.