Mark 6:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Lev 18:16 : 16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
  • Lev 20:21 : 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that will I speak.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Acts 24:24-26 : 24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you. 26 He also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore, he sent for him more often, and conversed with him.

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  • Mark 6:16-17
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    16But when Herod heard of it, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded; he is risen from the dead.

    17For 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.

  • Matt 14:3-10
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    3For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

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

    5And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.

    6But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

    7So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.

    8And she, having been prompted by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

    9And the king was sorry: nevertheless, because of the oath, and those who sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given to her.

    10And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19But Herod the tetrarch, being rebuked by him for Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

    20Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

  • Mark 6:19-27
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    19Therefore Herodias held a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him; but she could not:

    20For 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.

    21And when a convenient day came, that Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords, high captains, and chief men of Galilee;

    22And when the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and those who sat with him, the king said to the girl, Ask of me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.

    23And he swore to her, Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.

    24And she went out, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

    25And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

    26And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet because of his oath's sake, and for the sakes of those who sat with him, he would not refuse her.

    27And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

  • Lev 18:16
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    16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

  • Luke 16:18
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    18Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced from her husband commits adultery.

  • John 4:18
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    18for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.

  • Matt 19:9-10
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    9And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery.

    10His disciples said to him, If such is the case of the man with his wife, it is better not to marry.

  • Matt 19:3
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    3The Pharisees also came to him, testing him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?

  • Mark 10:11-12
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    11And he said to them, Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her.

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

  • Mark 6:14
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    14And King Herod heard of him; for his name was spread abroad: and he said, John the Baptist is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works show forth themselves in him.

  • Lev 18:18
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    18Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

  • Acts 12:1-2
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    1At that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute certain members of the church.

    2And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9And Herod said, I beheaded John: but who is this of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.

  • Matt 5:31-32
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    31Furthermore it has been said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce:'

    32But I say to you, that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery.

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    16What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For two, says He, shall be one flesh.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him, and he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

  • 1 Cor 6:6
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    6But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

  • John 3:24
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    24For John had not yet been put into prison.

  • Matt 19:6
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    6Therefore they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.

  • Luke 13:31
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    31The same day some of the Pharisees came, saying to him, Get out and depart from here, for Herod will kill you.

  • Deut 5:18
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    18Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • Mark 10:2
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    2And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife? testing him.

  • Matt 5:27
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    27You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery:'

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    2Nevertheless, to avoid sexual immorality, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

  • Rom 7:3
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    3So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she will be called an adulteress: but if her husband is dead, she is free from that law; so that she is not an adulteress, though she is married to another man.

  • Lev 20:21
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    21And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Lev 18:11
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    11The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

  • 1 Cor 5:1
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    1It is commonly reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that a man has his father's wife.