Contradictions and Paradoxes in Mark 12:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Mark 12:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Mark 12:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Mark, this verse tells a story about seven brothers. The first brother got married but sadly died without having any children.

Mark 12:20: Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

Contradiction with Matthew 22:30

This verse states that in the resurrection, people neither marry nor are given in marriage, contradicting the scenario of multiple marriages in Mark 12:20.

Matthew 22:30: But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:10-11

This passage discusses remaining unmarried or reconciling with one's spouse, differing from the idea of sequential marriages in Mark 12:20.

1 Corinthians 7:10-11: And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:

Contradiction with Luke 20:35-36

Similar to Matthew 22:30, this verse explains that those worthy of resurrection will not marry, which contradicts the marriage situation described in Mark 12:20.

Luke 20:35-36: But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:

Contradiction with Romans 7:2-3

These verses discuss a woman's binding to her husband as long as he lives, contrasting with the scenario of multiple marriages in Mark 12:20.

Romans 7:2-3: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
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