Luke 20:29

The Passion Translation

Now suppose there was a family with seven brothers, and the oldest married and died without children.

Cross References

Jeremiah 22:30

Yahweh decrees: “List this man as ‘Childless,’ one who will never succeed in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will be accepted to sit on the throne of David and rule in Judah again.”

Luke 20:28

“Teacher, the law of Moses teaches that if a man dies before he has children, his brother should marry the widow and raise up children for his brother’s family line.

Luke 20:30

Then his brother married the widow, and he too died with no children. And it continued to happen, one brother after another brother, until each of the seven had married the widow and died childless.