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

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

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

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