Matthew 22:26

26 The second brother also left her childless, then the third - and on and on, all seven.

Matthew 22:26 Meaning and Commentary

Matthew 22:26

Likewise the second also
The eldest of the surviving brethren, having married his brother's wife, after sometime died also without children, and left her to his next brother to marry her; and the third brother accordingly did marry her, and in process of time died likewise, leaving no issue behind him; and thus they went on in course, unto the seventh: the fourth, fifth, and sixth, married her in turn, and so did the seventh; and all died in the same circumstances, having no children by her.

Matthew 22:26 In-Context

24 They asked, "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies childless, his brother is obligated to marry his widow and get her with child.

25 Here's a case where there were seven brothers. The first brother married and died, leaving no child, and his wife passed to his brother.

26 The second brother also left her childless, then the third - and on and on, all seven.

27 Eventually the wife died.

28 Now here's our question: At the resurrection, whose wife is she? She was a wife to each of them."