Mark 6:16

James Moffatt - New Testament

But when Herod heard of it he said, "John has risen, the John I beheaded."

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Herod said, "John I beheaded. But who is this, of whom I hear such tales?" And he made efforts to see him.

saying, "I did wrong in betraying innocent blood." "What does that matter to us?" they said, "it is your affair, not ours!"

And he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. That is why miraculous powers are working through him."

others said, "It is Elijah," others again, "It is a prophet, like one of the old prophets."

For this Herod had sent and arrested John and bound him in prison on account of his marriage to Herodias the wife of his brother Philip;