Cross references
Mark 12:19
“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.
- a Deuteronomy 25:5
Mark 12:19 has 4 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Deuteronomy 25:5–10 (8 votes) and Genesis 38:8 (2 votes). 9 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Genesis 19 to Luke 20.
Which verses does Mark 12:19 point to?
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- Deuteronomy 25:5–108 votes
When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her. The first son she bears will carry on the name of the dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. …
- Genesis 38:82 votes
Then Judah said to Onan, “Sleep with your brother’s wife. Perform your duty as her brother-in-law and raise up offspring for your brother.”
- Ruth 1:11–132 votes
But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands? Return home, my daughters. Go on, for I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me to have a husband tonight and to bear sons, …
- Ruth 4:52 votes
Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi and also from Ruth the Moabitess, you must also acquire the widow of the deceased in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance.”
Which verses point to Mark 12:19?
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