Mark 6:18

18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

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Mark 6:18 in Other Translations

KJV

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

ESV

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

NLT

18 John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry your brother’s wife.”

MSG

18 For John had provoked Herod by naming his relationship with Herodias "adultery."

CSB

18 John had been telling Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife!"

Mark 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 6:18

For John had said unto Herod
He had been personally with him, and had plainly and freely told him of his sin, and faithfully reproved him for it; alleging what he had done was contrary to the law of God:

it is not lawful, for thee to have thy brother's wife:
(See Gill on Matthew 14:4).

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Mark 6:18 In-Context

16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”

17 For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married.

18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

19 So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to,

20 because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled ; yet he liked to listen to him.

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1. Leviticus 18:16; Leviticus 20:21

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