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Luke 20:29
Luke 20:29 is verse 29 of Luke chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
King James Version
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
World English Bible
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
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Luke 20:27–31 · Berean Standard Bible
27 Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28 “Teacher,” they said, “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.
29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife, but died childless.
30 Then the second
31 and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 20:20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.
Jeremiah 22:30This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”