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## Mark 6:18 in Context (Verses 15–21 KJV)
 
 [15 ](/kjv/mark/6/15) Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/mark/6/16) But when Herod heard *thereof*, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/mark/6/17) 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.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/mark/6/18) For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/mark/6/19) Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
 
 [20 ](/kjv/mark/6/20) 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 ](/kjv/mark/6/21) 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;
 
[Mark 5](/kjv/mark/5) [Mark 7](/kjv/mark/7)

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