Mark 6:18 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For John had told Herod, It is not lawful and you have no right to have your brother's wife.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

but John told Herod, “It’s against the law for you to marry your brother’s wife!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Mark 6:18 Cross References

1 Kings 22:14

And Micai´ah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.

Leviticus 18:16

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Leviticus 20:21

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Matthew 27:30

And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.