Mark 6:21

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

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  • Esth 2:18 : 18 and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants -- the banquet of Esther -- and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.
  • Gen 40:20 : 20 And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,
  • 2 Sam 13:23-29 : 23 And it cometh to pass, after two years of days, that Absalom hath shearers in Baal-Hazor, which `is' with Ephraim, and Absalom calleth for all the sons of the king. 24 And Absalom cometh unto the king, and saith, `Lo, I pray thee, thy servant hath shearers, let the king go, I pray thee, and his servants, with thy servant.' 25 And the king saith unto Absalom, `Nay, my son, let us not all go, I pray thee, and we are not too heavy on thee;' and he presseth on him, and he hath not been willing to go, and he blesseth him. 26 And Absalom saith, `If not -- let, I pray thee, Amnon my brother go with us;' and the king saith to him, `Why doth he go with thee?' 27 and Absalom urgeth on him, and he sendeth with him Amnon, and all the sons of the king. 28 And Absalom commandeth his young men, saying, `See, I pray thee, when the heart of Amnon `is' glad with wine, and I have said unto you, Smite Amnon, that ye have put him to death; fear not; is it not because I have commanded you? be strong, yea, become sons of valour.' 29 And the young men of Absalom do to Amnon as Absalom commanded, and rise do all the sons of the king, and they ride, each on his mule, and flee.
  • Esth 1:3-7 : 3 in the third year of his reign, he hath made a banquet to all his heads and his servants; of the force of Persia and Media, the chiefs and heads of the provinces `are' before him, 4 in his shewing the wealth of the honour of his kingdom, and the glory of the beauty of his greatness, many days -- eighty and a hundred days. 5 And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king -- 6 white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble -- 7 and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels `are' divers vessels, and the royal wine `is' abundant, as a memorial of the king.
  • Gen 27:41 : 41 And Esau hateth Jacob, because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau saith in his heart, `The days of mourning `for' my father draw near, and I slay Jacob my brother.'
  • Esth 3:7 : 7 In the first month -- it `is' the month of Nisan -- in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that `is' the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, `to' the twelfth, it `is' the month of Adar.
  • Ps 37:12-13 : 12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth. 13 The Lord doth laugh at him, For He hath seen that his day cometh.
  • Prov 31:4-5 : 4 Not for kings, O Lemuel, Not for kings, to drink wine, And for princes a desire of strong drink. 5 Lest he drink, and forget the decree, And change the judgment of any of the sons of affliction.
  • Dan 5:1-4 : 1 Belshazzar the king hath made a great feast to a thousand of his great men, and before the thousand he is drinking wine; 2 Belshazzar hath said -- while tasting the wine -- to bring in the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple that `is' in Jerusalem, that drink with them may the king, and his great men, his wives, and his concubines. 3 Then they have brought in the vessels of gold that had been taken out of the temple of the house of God that `is' in Jerusalem, and drunk with them have the king and his great men, his wives and his concubines; 4 they have drunk wine, and have praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
  • Hos 7:5 : 5 A day of our king! Princes have polluted themselves `with' the poison of wine, He hath drawn out his hand with scorners.
  • Luke 3:1 : 1 And in the fifteenth year of the government of Tiberius Caesar -- Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother, tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene --
  • Acts 12:2-4 : 2 and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword, 3 and having seen that it is pleasing to the Jews, he added to lay hold of Peter also -- and they were the days of the unleavened food -- 4 whom also having seized, he did put in prison, having delivered `him' to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.
  • 1 Pet 4:3 : 3 for sufficient to us `is' the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revelings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,
  • Rev 11:10 : 10 and those dwelling upon the land shall rejoice over them, and shall make merry, and gifts they shall send to one another, because these -- the two prophets -- did torment those dwelling upon the land.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Matt 14:1-11
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    87%

    1At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

    2and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

    3For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

    4for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

    5and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

    6But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

    7whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

    8And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

    9and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded `it' to be given;

    10and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

    11and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought `it' nigh to her mother.

  • Mark 6:22-27
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    81%

    22and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

    23and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'

    24And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

    25and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, `I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

    26And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

    27and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

  • Mark 6:16-20
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    80%

    16And Herod having heard, said -- `He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

    17For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

    18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

    19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

    20for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

  • Acts 12:19-21
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    19and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command `them' to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding `there'.

    20And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who `is' over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king's;

    21and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,

  • Luke 3:19-20
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    19and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,

    20added also this to all, that he shut up John in the prison.

  • Luke 23:7-8
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    8And Herod having seen Jesus did rejoice exceedingly, for he was wishing for a long `time' to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he was hoping some sign to see done by him,

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    1And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

  • Mark 6:14
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    14And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- `John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

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    69%

    7And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

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    31On that day there came near certain Pharisees, saying to him, `Go forth, and be going on hence, for Herod doth wish to kill thee;'

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    68%

    7Then Herod, privately having called the mages, did inquire exactly from them the time of the appearing star,

  • Gen 40:20
    68%

    20And it cometh to pass, on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, that he maketh a banquet to all his servants, and lifteth up the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants,

  • Luke 3:1
    68%

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  • Esth 1:5
    67%

    5And at the fulness of these days hath the king made to all the people who are found in Shushan the palace, from great even unto small, a banquet, seven days, in the court of the garden of the house of the king --

  • John 6:4
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    4and the passover was nigh, the feast of the Jews.

  • Matt 2:3
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    3And Herod the king having heard, was stirred, and all Jerusalem with him,

  • Mark 15:6
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    6And at every feast he was releasing to them one prisoner, whomsoever they were asking;

  • Luke 22:7
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    7And the day of the unleavened food came, in which it was behoving the passover to be sacrificed,

  • Luke 23:11-12
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    11and Herod with his soldiers having set him at nought, and having mocked, having put around him gorgeous apparel, did send him back to Pilate,

    12and both Pilate and Herod became friends on that day with one another, for they were before at enmity between themselves.

  • Luke 14:16
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    16and he said to him, `A certain man made a great supper, and called many,

  • Acts 4:27
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    27for gathered together of a truth against Thy holy child Jesus, whom Thou didst anoint, were both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with nations and peoples of Israel,

  • Acts 23:35
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    35`I will hear thee -- said he -- when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.

  • Acts 26:30
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    14They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

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