Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Mark 12:19-23 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

19. Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and has no children, his brother should marry the widow. Their first son would then be thought of as the son of the dead brother.

20. There were once seven brothers. The first one married, but died without having any children.

21. The second brother married his brother's widow, and he also died without having children. The same thing happened to the third brother,

22. and finally to all seven brothers. At last the woman died.

23. When God raises people from death, whose wife will this woman be? After all, she had been married to all seven brothers.