Mark 6:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ Immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ And immediately the king sent off one [of the soldiers] of his bodyguard and gave him orders to bring [John's] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ And straightway the king sent forth a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring his head: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

Common English Bible

²⁷ So he ordered a guard to bring John’s head. The guard went to the prison, cut off John’s head,

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ So, having sent an executioner, he instructed that his head be brought on a platter.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Mark 6:27 Cross References

Mark 6:26

The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Mark 6:28

brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.