Matthew 22:25
23 That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
24 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
26 The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
27 And last of all, the woman died.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
- KJV
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
- WEB
- Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.
- ASV
- Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother;
- DARBY
- Now there were with us seven brethren; and the first having married died, and not having seed, left his wife to his brother.
- BLB
- Now there were seven brothers with us. And the first, having married, died; and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother.
- ÅB
- Nå var det syv brødre hos oss. Den første giftet seg og døde, og siden han ikke hadde avkom, etterlot han kona til broren.
- OTB
- Nå var det syv brødre blant oss. Den første giftet seg og døde, og uten å ha barn, etterlot han sin kone til sin bror.
- B1930
- Nu var det hos oss syv brødre; og den første giftet sig og døde, og da han ikke hadde avkom, efterlot han sin hustru til broren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hebrews 9:27
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
Read in contextMark 12:19–23
“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
Read in contextLuke 20:29–33
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
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