Mark 6:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ And the king was deeply pained and grieved and exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to slight her [by breaking faith with her].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Although the king was upset, because of his solemn pledge and his guests, he didn’t want to refuse her.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ And the king was greatly saddened. But because of his oath, and because of those who were sitting with him at table, he was not willing to disappoint her.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

Mark 6:26 Cross References

2 Samuel 14:21

Then the king said to Joab, “Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

Daniel 6:14

Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed, and set his mind to deliver Daniel; and he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.

Matthew 14:9

And the king was sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given;

Mark 6:25

And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Mark 6:27

And immediately the king sent a soldier of the guard and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,