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Luke 20:29

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So there were seven brothers, and the first one got married but died before he and his wife had any kids.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes life doesn't go according to plan, even when you're doing everything right.

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John had been calling out Herod, telling him straight up: 'You can't marry your brother's wife — that's not how this works.'

Same thing happened with the second brother, then the third, all the way through to the seventh brother.

So here's the question: when everyone comes back to life in the resurrection, whose wife is she going to be? I mean, all seven brothers were married to her at some point.

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