Mark 6:18 “For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have you…”

Mark 6:18

For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

For Iohn sayd vnto Herod, It is not lawfull for thee to haue thy brothers wife.

Darby Translation

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

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Cross references

“It is”

Leviticus 18:16 Leviticus 20:21 1 Kings 22:14 Acts 24:24–26 Ezekiel 3:18 Ezekiel 3:19

Leviticus 18:16 · BSB

You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

Leviticus 20:21 · BSB

If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

1 Kings 22:14 · BSB

But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”

Acts 24:24–26 · BSB

After several days, Felix returned with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

Ezekiel 3:18 · BSB

If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his…

Ezekiel 3:19 · BSB

But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

19So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

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