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What does Matthew 22:25 mean?

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

— Matthew 22:25 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

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On that day Sadducees (those who say that there is no resurrection) came to him. They asked him,

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saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’

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

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In the same way, the second also, and the third, to the seventh.

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After them all, the woman died.

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In the resurrection therefore, whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had her.”

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