Mark 6:26

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Mark 6:26

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

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KJV

King James Version

And the king was exceeding sorry; [yet] for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

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WEB

World English Bible

The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

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ASV

American Standard Version

And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And the king, having been made very sorrowful because of the oaths and those reclining, did not want to set her aside.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Mark 6

²⁴ Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

²⁵ At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

²⁶ The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

²⁷ So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

²⁸ The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

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