THE NEW TESTAMENT - verse by verse

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(NASB) Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had sent men and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:19 And Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death, and could not do so;

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he had been protecting him. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; and yet he used to enjoy listening to him.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:21 An opportune day came when Herod, on his birthday, held a banquet for his nobles and military commanders, and the leading people of Galilee;

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you.”

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.”

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:25 Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:26 And although the king was very sorry, because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:27 Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:29 When his disciples heard about this, they came and carried away his body, and laid it in a tomb.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:30 The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:31 And He *said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a little while.” (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:32 And they went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:33 The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:35 And when it was already late, His disciples came up to Him and said, “This place is secluded and it is already late;

 

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(NASB) Mark 6:36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”