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Mark 6:18
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Mark 6:18 · Darby Bible
Mark 6:18 in other translations
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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In context
15 And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.
16 But Herod when he heard [it] said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen [from among the dead].
17 For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
18 For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
19 But Herodias kept it [in her mind] against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:
20 for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And a holiday being come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper to his grandees, and to the chiliarchs, and the chief [men] of Galilee;
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