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Luke 20:30

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL

And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then the second brother married her, and he also died without having any kids.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Brother number two stepped up, but the same thing happened — no children, then death.

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So there were seven brothers in our family. The oldest got married, but then he died without having any kids, so his wife became his brother's responsibility.

So the second brother married her and also died without having any kids. Same thing happened with the third brother.

They said, 'Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies without having kids, his brother should marry the widow and have children to carry on the dead brother's family line.'

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