Luke 20:29
“There were therefore seuen brethren, and the first tooke a wife, and died without children.”
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Luke 20:29 Context
27¶ Then came to him certaine of the Sadduces (which denie that there is any resurrection) and they asked him, 28Saying, Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If any mans brother die, hauing a wife, and hee die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto his brother. 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.
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There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
- King James Version
"Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless;
- New American Standard Version (1995)
There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died childless;
- American Standard Version (1901)
Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;
- Basic English Bible
There were then seven brethren: and the first, having taken a wife, died childless;
- Darby Bible
There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.
- Webster's Bible
Now there were seven brothers. The first of them took a wife and died childless.
- Weymouth Bible
There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
- World English Bible
And so there weren seuene britheren. The firste took a wijf, and is deed with outen eiris;
- Wycliffe Bible
`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,
- Youngs Literal Bible