New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Mark 6:18
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For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
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For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
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For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
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For John was saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother.”
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Mark 6
16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
17 For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.
18 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
19 So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,
20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. When he heard John’s words, he was greatly perplexed; yet he listened to him gladly.
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