Mark 12:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.”

Mark 12:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Mark 12:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Mark 12:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.”

Mark 12:20 — World English Bible

Mark 12:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“There were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed; ”

Mark 12:20 — American Standard Version

Mark 12:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;”

Mark 12:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Mark 12:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“There were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying did not leave seed; ”

Mark 12:20 — Darby Translation

Mark 12:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“There were seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and when he died, left no issue.”

Mark 12:20 — Geneva Bible

Mark 12:20 in Context — Mark 12

18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.

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What Does Mark 12:20 Mean?

Mark 12:20 is a verse from the Book of Mark, part of the New Testament. It appears in Mark chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.

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