“ Teacher,” they said,“ here is what Moses told us. If a man dies without having children, his brother must get married to the widow. He must provide children to carry on his brother’s name.

“夫子，摩西说：‘人若死了，没有孩子，他兄弟当娶他的妻，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西说：‘某人若死了，没有孩子，他弟弟该娶他的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

“老师，摩西说：‘某人若死了，没有孩子，他弟弟该娶他的妻子，为哥哥生子立后。’

说：“老师，摩西说，‘如果一个人死了，没有儿女，只留下妻子，他的兄弟就当娶嫂嫂，替哥哥传宗接代。’

“老师，摩西说：‘如果一个人死了，没有儿女，他的弟弟应该娶他的妻子，为哥哥立后。’

说：“老师，摩西说：如果一个人死了，没有儿女，他的一个兄弟就要娶他的妻子，为他兄弟留后裔。

「夫子，摩西說：『人若死了，沒有孩子，他兄弟當娶他的妻，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西說：『某人若死了，沒有孩子，他弟弟該娶他的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

「老師，摩西說：『某人若死了，沒有孩子，他弟弟該娶他的妻子，為哥哥生子立後。』

說：「老師，摩西說，『如果一個人死了，沒有兒女，只留下妻子，他的兄弟就當娶嫂嫂，替哥哥傳宗接代。』

“老師，摩西說：‘如果一個人死了，沒有兒女，他的弟弟應該娶他的妻子，為哥哥立後。’

說：『先生，摩西說過：「人若死了，沒有孩子，他弟弟該續娶他的妻子，為他哥哥樹立後裔」。

說：「老師，摩西說：如果一個人死了，沒有兒女，他的一個兄弟就要娶他的妻子，為他兄弟留後裔。

夫子、摩西云、人無子而死、其弟當娶其妻、生子以嗣兄、

先生、摩西云、人無子而死、弟當娶其婦、生子以嗣兄、

師、摩西云、人無子而死、弟當娶其婦、生子以嗣兄、

『夫子、摩西曾言、人死無子、弟娶其婦、為兄生子立嗣。

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

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

“ Teacher, Moses said,‘ If a man dies without children, his brother should marry the widow and have a child who will carry on the brother’s name.’

“ Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

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

saying:“ Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses said, if a man dies, having no children, his brother is to marry his wife and raise up offspring for his brother.

Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

“ Teacher, Moses said,‘ If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.’

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

Suppose two brothers are living near each other. And one of them dies without having a son. Then his widow must not marry anyone outside the family. Her husband’s brother should marry her. That’s what a brother- in- law is supposed to do.Her first baby boy will be named after her first husband. Then the dead man’s name will continue in Israel.But suppose the man doesn’t want to marry his brother’s wife. Then she will go to the elders at the gate of the town. She will say,“ My husband’s brother refuses to keep his brother’s name alive in Israel. He won’t do for me what a brother- in- law is supposed to do.”Then the elders in his town will send for him. They will talk to him. But he still might say,“ I don’t want to marry her.”Then his brother’s widow will go up to him in front of the elders. She’ll pull one of his sandals off his foot. She’ll spit in his face. And she’ll say,“ That’s what we do to a man who won’t build up his brother’s family line.”That man’s family line will be known in Israel as The Family of the Man Whose Sandal Was Pulled Off.

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us about a man’s brother who dies. Suppose the brother leaves a wife but has no children. Then the man must marry the widow. He must provide children to carry on his dead brother’s name.

“ Teacher,” they said,“ Moses wrote for us about a man who died and didn’t have any children. But he did leave a wife behind. That man’s brother must get married to the widow. He must provide children to carry on his dead brother’s name.

“ Why do you call me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ and still don’t do what I say?

“ Not everyone who says to me,‘ Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven. Only those who do what my Father in heaven wants will enter.

Then Judah spoke to his daughter- in- law Tamar. He said,“ Live as a widow in your father’s home. Wait there until my son Shelah grows up.” Judah was thinking,“ Shelah might die too, just like his brothers.” So Tamar went to live in her father’s home.

“ Teacher,” he asked,“ which is the most important commandment in the Law?”

Then Judah said to Onan,“ Sleep with your brother’s wife. After all, you are her brother- in- law. So carry out your duty to her. Provide children for your brother.”

But Naomi said,“ Go home, my daughters. Why would you want to come with me? Am I going to have any more sons who could become your husbands?

They sent their followers to him. They sent the Herodians with them.“ Teacher,” they said,“ we know that you are a man of honor. You teach the way of God truthfully. You don’t let others tell you what to do or say. You don’t care how important they are.