Mark 6:18
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New International Version (©1984)
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

New Living Translation (©2007)
John had been telling Herod, "It is against God's law for you to marry your brother's wife."

English Standard Version (©2001)
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

International Standard Version (©2008)
John had been telling Herod, "It's not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
John had been telling Herod, "It's not right for you to be married to your brother's wife."

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

American King James Version
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.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

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

English Revised Version
For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Webster's Bible Translation
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."

World English Bible
For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

Young's Literal Translation
for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

Geneva Study Bible

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

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

18. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife-Noble fidelity! It was not lawful because Herod's wife and Herodias' husband were both living; and further, because the parties were within the forbidden degrees of consanguinity (see Le 20:21); Herodias being the daughter of Aristobulus, the brother of both Herod and Philip [Josephus, Antiquities, 18.5,4].

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

6:14-29 Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments. Herod respected John, till he touched him in his Herodias. Thus many love good preaching, if it keep far away from their beloved sin. But it is better that sinners persecute ministers now for faithfulness, than curse them eternally for unfaithfulness. The ways of God are unsearchable; but we may be sure he never can be at a loss to repay his servants for what they endure or lose for his sake. Death could not come so as to surprise this holy man; and the triumph of the wicked was short.


Matthew 14:4 For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." (NASB ©1995)

Brother's Herod John Lawful Repeatedly Right Wife Wrong


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

It is. Le 18:16 20:21 1Ki 22:14 Eze 3:18,19 Mt 14:3,4 Ac 20:26,27 Ac 24:24-26

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