Mark 6:23

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

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  • Esth 5:3 : 3 Then the king asked her, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you."
  • Esth 7:2 : 2 On the second day, during the wine banquet, the king said to Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. And what is your petition? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be done."
  • Esth 5:6 : 6 As they were drinking wine at the banquet, the king again asked Esther, "What is your petition? It will be given to you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be done."
  • 1 Sam 28:10 : 10 Saul swore to her by the LORD, "As surely as the LORD lives, you will not be punished for this."
  • 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 He said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders today!"
  • Prov 6:2 : 2 you have been trapped by the words of your mouth, caught by the words of your mouth.
  • Matt 4:9 : 9 And he said to Him, 'All these I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.'
  • Matt 5:34-37 : 34 But I tell you, do not swear an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne, 35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not swear by your head, because you cannot make even one hair white or black. 37 Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything more comes from the evil one.
  • Matt 14:7 : 7 Therefore, he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.

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  • Mark 6:16-22
    7 verses
    89%

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

    17 For 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.

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

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

    20 For 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.

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

    22 When 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.'

  • Matt 14:3-11
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    87%

    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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

    11 His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

  • Mark 6:24-28
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    82%

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

    25 At 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.

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

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

    28 brought back his head on a platter, and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

  • Esth 5:6-7
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    75%

    6 As they were drinking wine at the banquet, the king again asked Esther, "What is your petition? It will be given to you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be done."

    7 Esther answered, "This is my petition and my request:

  • Esth 5:3
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    3 Then the king asked her, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you."

  • Esth 7:2
    71%

    2 On the second day, during the wine banquet, the king said to Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. And what is your petition? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be done."

  • 1 Kgs 3:25-27
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    25 The king said, 'Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other.'

    26 The woman whose son was alive was deeply moved out of love for her son and said to the king, 'Please, my lord, give her the living child! Do not kill him!' But the other said, 'Neither I nor you shall have him. Cut him in two!'

    27 Then the king gave his ruling: 'Give the living child to the first woman. Do not kill him; she is his mother.'

  • Matt 20:21
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    21 'What do you want?' he asked. She said to him, 'Declare that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:16-17
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    16 'Now I have one request to make of you; do not refuse me.' And she said, 'Speak.'

    17 He continued, 'Please ask King Solomon—he will not refuse you—to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.'

  • 1 Kgs 2:20
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    20 She said, 'I have one small request to make of you. Do not refuse me.' The king replied, 'Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you.'

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

  • Luke 3:19
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    19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by John about Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evil things he had done,

  • Gen 34:12
    67%

    12 Set the bride price and gift as high as you like, and I will pay whatever you ask me; just give me the young woman as a wife."

  • 1 Kgs 1:16-17
    2 verses
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    16 Bathsheba bowed low and paid homage to the king. The king asked her, "What is it you want?"

    17 She said to him, "My lord, you yourself swore by the LORD your God to your servant, saying, 'Solomon your son will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne.'

  • Mark 10:36
    66%

    36 'What do you want me to do for you?' he asked.

  • 1 Kgs 10:13
    65%

    13 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what he had already given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own land with her attendants.

  • 2 Chr 9:12
    65%

    12 King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired and asked for, in addition to what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went back to her own land with her servants.

  • Esth 2:13
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    13 the young woman would go to the king, and she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

  • 2 Sam 14:18
    64%

    18 Then the king said to the woman, "Do not hide anything I ask you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak."

  • 2 Sam 14:15-16
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    64%

    15 Now I have come to speak this word to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king—perhaps the king will grant the request of his servant.

    16 For the king will hear me and deliver me from the hand of the man who seeks to destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.'

  • Judg 11:36
    64%

    36 She said to him, 'My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.'

  • 2 Sam 14:12
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    12 Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak."

  • 2 Kgs 6:28
    64%

    28 Then the king asked her, "What is your problem?" She replied, "This woman said to me, 'Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'

  • 1 Kgs 10:6
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    6 She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own land about your achievements and your wisdom is true.

  • 1 Kgs 2:23
    64%

    23 Then King Solomon took an oath by the LORD: 'May God punish me ever so severely if Adonijah has not made this request at the cost of his own life!