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Read Full Chapter (Mark 6) Mark 6:18 KJV
"For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife."
Mark Chapter 6, Verse 18
Mark 6:18 in Context (Verses 15–21 KJV)
15
Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
16
But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
17
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
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For John had said unto 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 man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
21
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;