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Mark 6:18

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

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  1. Mark 6:16

    But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

  2. Mark 6:17

    For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

  3. Mark 6:19

    Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

  4. Mark 6:20

    For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.

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