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Mark 6:18
For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
Mark 6:18 · Geneva 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 Other sayd, It is Elias, and some sayd, It is a Prophet, or as one of those Prophets.
16 So when Herod heard it, he said, It is Iohn whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod him selfe had sent forth, and had taken Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, which was his brother Philippes wife, because he had maried her.
18 For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.
19 Therefore Herodias layd waite against him, and would haue killed him, but she could not:
20 For Herod feared Iohn, knowing that hee was a iust man, and an holy, and reuerenced him, and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 But the time being conuenient, when Herod on his birth day made a banket to his princes and captaines, and chiefe estates of Galile:
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