Mark 6:18

New Century Version

John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to be married to your brother’s wife.”

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But Micaiah answered, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.”

“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife. That would shame your brother.

“ ‘It is unclean for a man to marry his brother’s wife. That man has shamed his brother, and they will have no children.

They spat on Jesus. Then they took his stick and began to beat him on the head.