18For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.


In Context

15 And others said, It is Elias; and others said, It is a prophet, as one of the prophets.

16 But Herod when he heard it said, John whom I beheaded, he it is; he is risen from among the dead.

17 For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

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

19 But Herodias kept it in her mind against him, and wished to kill him, and could not:

20 for Herod feared John knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and having heard him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

Mark 6:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18For John said to Herod, |It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:18for John said to Herod — 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:18For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.