Mark 12:19
Master, in the law Moses says, If a man's brother comes to his end, and has a wife still living and no child, it is right for his brother to take his wife, and get a family for his brother.
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- Gen 38:8 : 8 Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
- Deut 25:5-9 : 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. 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. 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. 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; 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. 10 And his family will be named in Israel, The house of him whose shoe has been taken off.
- Ruth 1:11-13 : 11 But Naomi said, Go back, my daughters; why will you come with me? Have I more sons in my body, to become your husbands? 12 Go back, my daughters, and go on your way; I am so old now that I may not have another husband. If I said, I have hopes, if I had a husband tonight, and might have sons, 13 Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.
- Ruth 4:5 : 5 Then Boaz said, On the day when you take this field, you will have to take with it Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, so that you may keep the name of the dead living in his heritage.
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27And some of the Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no coming back from the dead; and they said to him,
28Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.
29Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;
30And the second;
31And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.
32And last of all, the woman came to her end.
33When they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for all the seven had her.
34And Jesus said to them, The sons of this world are married and have wives;
35But those to whom is given the reward of the world to come, and to come back from the dead, have no wives, and are not married;
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23On the same day there came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no coming back from the dead: and they put a question to him, saying,
24Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;
25Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;
26In the same way the second and the third, up to the seventh.
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20There were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and at his death there were no offspring;
21And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:
22And all the seven had no seed. Last of all the woman herself came to her death.
23In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.
- Deut 25:5-73 verses80%
5If 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.
6Then 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.
7But 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.
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8Then Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother's wife and do what it is right for a husband's brother to do; make her your wife and get offspring for your brother.
9But Onan, seeing that the offspring would not be his, went in to his brother's wife, but let his seed go on to the earth, so that he might not get offspring for his brother.
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28When they come back from the dead, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? because they all had her.
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21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
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8And say to the children of Israel, If a man has no son at the time of his death, let his heritage go to his daughter.
9And if he has no daughter, then give his heritage to his brothers.
10And if he has no brothers, then give his heritage to his father's brothers.
11And if his father has no brothers, then give it to his nearest relation in the family, as his heritage: this is to be a decision made by law for the children of Israel, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
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38But go to my father's house and to my relations for a wife for my son.
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13And one of the people said to him, Master, give an order to my brother to make division of the heritage with me.
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4And he said in answer, Have you not seen in the Writings, that he who made them at the first made them male and female, and said,
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3So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.
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9And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.
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9Then 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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19Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.