²⁵从前，在我们 这里 有 弟兄 七 人，第一个 娶了妻 ，死了 ，没 有 孩子，撇下 妻子 给兄弟 。

²⁵ Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:

²⁵ Verse 25. Seven brethren] It is very likely that the Sadducees

increased the number, merely to make the question the more

difficult.