Mark 6:18

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John had been telling Herod, 'It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.'

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  • Lev 18:16 : 16 Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.
  • Lev 20:21 : 21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 But Micaiah said, 'As surely as the LORD lives, I can only speak what the LORD tells me.'
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 If I say to a wicked person, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn him to turn from his wicked ways to save his life, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I will hold you accountable for his blood. 19 But if you warn the wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die in his sin, but you will have saved yourself.
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had been telling him, 'It is not lawful for you to have her.'
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I testify to you today that I am innocent of the blood of everyone. 27 For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole plan of God.
  • Acts 24:24-26 : 24 After some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. 25 As Paul discussed righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix became afraid and said, 'That is enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.' 26 At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him money, so he sent for him often and conversed with him.

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  • Mark 6:16-17
    2 verses
    92%

    16But when Herod heard this, he said, 'John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead.'

    17For Herod himself had sent men to arrest John, and he had him bound and put in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

  • Matt 14:3-10
    8 verses
    90%

    3For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

    4For John had been telling him, 'It is not lawful for you to have her.'

    5Though Herod wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd because they considered John to be a prophet.

    6But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and it pleased Herod.

    7Therefore, he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

    8Prompted by her mother, she said, 'Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.'

    9The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered it to be given to her.

    10So he sent orders and had John beheaded in the prison.

  • Luke 3:19-20
    2 verses
    85%

    19But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done,

    20added to these things by imprisoning John in prison as well.

  • Mark 6:19-27
    9 verses
    84%

    19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she was unable to do so.

    20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard John speak, he was greatly perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.

    21Finally, the opportune time came. On his birthday, Herod gave a banquet for his high officials, military commanders, and the leading men of Galilee.

    22When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, 'Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.'

    23And he promised her with an oath, 'Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.'

    24She went out and asked her mother, 'What should I ask for?' Her mother answered, 'The head of John the Baptist.'

    25At once the girl hurried in to the king with her request. 'I want you to give me, right now, the head of John the Baptist on a platter,' she said.

    26The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

    27So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,

  • Lev 18:16
    71%

    16Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

  • Luke 16:18
    69%

    18Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • John 4:18
    69%

    18For you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken the truth."

  • Matt 19:9-10
    2 verses
    68%

    9I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another woman, commits adultery. And whoever marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

    10The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry."

  • Matt 19:3
    68%

    3Some Pharisees came to him, testing him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?"

  • Mark 10:11-12
    2 verses
    68%

    11He told them, 'Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.'

    12And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.

  • Mark 6:14
    68%

    14King Herod heard about Jesus, because His name had become well known. Some were saying, 'John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in Him.'

  • Lev 18:18
    68%

    18Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

  • Acts 12:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1Around that time, King Herod laid hands on some from the church to mistreat them.

    2He executed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

  • Luke 9:9
    67%

    9But Herod said, 'I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?' And he tried to see him.

  • Matt 5:31-32
    2 verses
    67%

    31It has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.'

    32But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

  • 1 Cor 6:16
    67%

    16Or do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh."

  • Luke 9:7
    67%

    7Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead.

  • 1 Cor 6:6
    67%

    6But instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

  • John 3:24
    66%

    24For John had not yet been put in prison.

  • Matt 19:6
    66%

    6So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.

  • Luke 13:31
    66%

    31At that time, some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, 'Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.'

  • Deut 5:18
    66%

    18You shall not commit adultery.

  • Mark 10:2
    66%

    2Some Pharisees approached him to test him, asking, 'Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?'

  • Matt 5:27
    66%

    27You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’

  • 1 Cor 7:2
    66%

    2But because of sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband.

  • Rom 7:3
    66%

    3Consequently, while her husband is still alive, she would be called an adulteress if she joins herself to another man; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law, so she would not be an adulteress by becoming another man’s wife.

  • Lev 20:21
    66%

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Lev 18:11
    65%

    11Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
    65%

    1It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and a kind of immorality that is not even found among the Gentiles—a man is sleeping with his father’s wife.