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Mark 6:18 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” "
Mark 6:18
Verse in Context
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16 But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”
17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.
18 For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
19 Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,
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 6:1
"He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him."
Mark 6:2
"When the Sabbath had come, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many hearing him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things?” and, “What is the wisdom that is given to this man, that such mighty works come about by his hands?"
Mark 6:3
"Isn’t this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judah, and Simon? Aren’t his sisters here with us?” So they were offended at him."
Mark 6:4
"Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”"
Mark 6:5
"He could do no mighty work there, except that he laid his hands on a few sick people and healed them."
Mark 6:6
"He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching."
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