Mark 12:20–22
Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
Now there were seuen brethren: and the first tooke a wife, and dying left no seede.
And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
And the second tooke her, and died, neither left he any seed, and the third likewise.
And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
And the seuen had her, and left no seede: last of all the woman died also.
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- Luke 20:29–33Rank 1 from verse 20
29There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
30And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
31And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died.
32Last of all the woman died also.
33Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife.
29There were therefore seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and died without children.
30And the second tooke her to wife, and he died childlesse.
31And the third tooke her, and in like maner the seuen also. And they left no children, and died.
32Last of all the woman died also.
33Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife of them is she? for seuen had her to wife.
- Matthew 22:25–28Rank 2 from verse 20
25Now 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:
26Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27And last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
25Now there were with vs seuen brethren, and the first when he had maried a wife, deceased, and hauing no issue, left his wife vnto his brother.
26Likewise the second also, and the third, vnto the seuenth.
27And last of al the woman died also.
28Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seuen? for they all had her.
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Mark 12:20
1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.
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Present-participial, verbal-noun, or adjectival form of die. Sense 1: Losing life or approaching death. Sense 2: Mortal or destined to death. Sense 3: Fading, failing, or languishing.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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Mark 12:21
Next after the first in order, rank, time, or succession.
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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.
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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.
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Sense 1: In the same, similar, or corresponding manner. Sense 2: In a matching case.
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Mark 12:22
Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The reproductive substance of a plant or creature, especially what is sown to produce after its kind. Sense 2: Offspring, descendants, or lineage. Sense 3: A beginning, source, or thing sown that produces a result.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
At the end or after all others; latest or final.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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12:18¶ Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
12:18¶ *Then come vnto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection, and they asked him, saying,
12:19Master, 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.
12:19Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If a mans brother die, and leaue his wife behind him, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seed vnto his brother.
12:20Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.
12:20Now there were seuen brethren: and the first tooke a wife, and dying left no seede.
Selected passage12:21And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise.
12:21And the second tooke her, and died, neither left he any seed, and the third likewise.
Selected passage12:22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also.
12:22And the seuen had her, and left no seede: last of all the woman died also.
Selected passage12:23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
12:23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seuen had her to wife.
12:24And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:24And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Doe ye not therefore erre, because yee know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
12:25For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are giuen in marriage: but are as the Angels which are in heauen.
12:26And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
12:26And as touching the dead, that they rise: haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, how in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isahac, and the God of Iacob?
12:27He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
12:27Hee is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liuing: yee therefore doe greatly erre.