Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
New American Standard Bible
For John had been saying to Herod, “
King James Version
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Holman Bible
John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful
A Conservative Version
For John said to Herod, It is not permitted for thee to have thy brother's wife.
American Standard Version
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Amplified
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother’s wife.”
An Understandable Version
For John had said to Herod, "It is unlawful for you to marry your brother's wife."
Anderson New Testament
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Bible in Basic English
For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.
Common New Testament
For John had said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Daniel Mace New Testament
upon which John told him, "it is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Darby Translation
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Godbey New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Goodspeed New Testament
John said to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
John Wesley New Testament
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife.
Julia Smith Translation
For John said to Herod, That it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
King James 2000
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."
Modern King James verseion
and John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
John said unto Herod, "It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife."
Moffatt New Testament
John had told Herod, "You have no right to your brother's wife."
Montgomery New Testament
For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife."
NET Bible
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
New Heart English Bible
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Noyes New Testament
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brothers wife.
Sawyer New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.
The Emphasized Bible
For John had been saying to Herod - It is not allowed thee, to have, the wife of thy brother.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For John had said to Herod--'You have no right to be living with your brother's wife.'
Webster
For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Weymouth New Testament
For John had repeatedly told Herod, "You have no right to be living with your brother's wife."
Williams New Testament
For John kept saying to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."
World English Bible
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Worrell New Testament
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Worsley New Testament
For John had said to Herod, it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Youngs Literal Translation
for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'
Themes
Adultery » Instances of » Herod
Christian ministers » Faithful » John the baptist
Hatred » Examples of » Herodias
Herod » Tetrarch of galilee (herod antipas) » Beheads john the baptist
Herod » Tetrarch of galilee (herod antipas) » Incest of
Incest » Instances of » Herod antipas
John » Reproves herod antipas on account of his incest; herod imprisons him, and beheads him
Martyrdom » Instances of » John the baptist
Politics » Women in » Herodias, in influencing the administration of herod
Reproof » Despised » By herodias
Women » Instances of » Herodias, in her incestuous marriage with herod antipas
Topics
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Mark 6:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Herod Kills John The Baptist
17 because Herod himself had sent men who arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom Herod had married. 18 John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she couldn't do it
Phrases
Cross References
Leviticus 18:16
"You are not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife. She's the nakedness of your brother.
Leviticus 20:21
"If a man takes his brother's wife, it's immoral. He has exposed his brother's nakedness. They'll be childless."
1 Kings 22:14
"As the LORD lives," Micaiah replied, "I'll say what my God tells me to say."
Ezekiel 3:18-19
"So when I say to a wicked person, "You're about to die,' if you don't warn or instruct that wicked person that his behavior is wicked so he can live, that wicked person will die in his sin, but I'll hold you responsible for his death.
Matthew 14:3-4
Herod had arrested John, bound him with chains, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
Acts 20:26-27
I therefore declare to you today that I'm not responsible for the blood of any of you,
Acts 24:24-26
Some days later, Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him talk about faith in Jesus the Messiah.