Mark 12:19 meaning and explanation
“Teacher, 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.
Mark 12:19, Berean Standard Bible
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The Sadducees, a priestly group who denied the resurrection, pose a question to Jesus in the temple courts. They cite Moses, referring to the levirate law of Deuteronomy 25:5, in which a man marries his deceased brother's childless widow to preserve the family line and inheritance in Israel.
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