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Mark 6:18
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
Mark 6:18 · World English 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 said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
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In context
15 But others said, “He is Elijah.” Others said, “He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets.”
16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
18 For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19 Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
21 Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
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