Matthew 22:25
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

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Matthew 22:25
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;

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Matthew 22:26
In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.

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Deuteronomy 25:5
If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

Deuteronomy 25:6
Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.

Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

Deuteronomy 25:8
Then the responsible men of the town will send for the man, and have talk with him: and if he still says, I will not take her;

Deuteronomy 25:9
Then his brother's wife is to come to him, before the responsible men of the town, and take his shoe off his foot, and put shame on him, and say, So let it be done to the man who will not take care of his brother's name.

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Mark 12:20
There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;

Luke 20:29
Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;

Luke 20:30
And the second;

Luke 20:31
And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.

Luke 20:32
And last of all, the woman came to her end.

Luke 20:33
When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.


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