“Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Matthew 22 contains 46 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.