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


In Context

15 Others said — 'It is Elijah,' and others said — 'It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.'

16 And Herod having heard, said — 'He whom I did behead — John — this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

17 For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

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

19 and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,

20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.