Devine Scripture

Mark 6:18

Mark chapter 6 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

Context

v.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.

v.18This passage

v.19And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 20:21

    And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Leviticus 18:16

    Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

  • Matthew 14:3

    For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

  • Ezekiel 3:18

    When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand.

  • Acts 24:24

    But after certain days, Felix came with Drusilla, his wife, who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ Jesus.

  • Acts 20:26

    Wherefore I testify unto you this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.