The Bible › Webster Bible › Mark 6
Mark 6:18
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Mark 6:18 · Webster 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.”
Every translation above is public domain and free to share. Other versions — NIV · ESV · NKJV · NLT · NASB · CSB · AMP — are copyrighted and open on their publishers’ partner site.
In context
15 Others said, That it is Elijah. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard [of him], he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he hath risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon 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 thee to have thy brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and observed him: and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day had come, that Herod on his birth-day made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief [men] of Galilee;
Read Mark 6 in the app The whole chapter