Mark 6:18
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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Mark 6:18
For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
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Mark 6:16
But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
Mark 6:19
Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
Mark 6:20
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.
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Mark 6:21
Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.
Mark 6:22
When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, “Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”
Mark 6:23
He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Mark 6:24
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
Mark 6:25
She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
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Leviticus 20:21
“ ‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.
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Luke 3:19
but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother’s wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
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