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For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

Mark 6:18 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીમાર્ક ૬:૧૮
તેથી યોહાને હેરોદને કહ્યું હતું કે, ‘તારા ભાઈની પત્નીને રાખવી તે તને ઉચિત નથી.’”
हिन्दीमरकुस ६:१८
क्योंकि यूहन्ना ने हेरोदेस से कहा था, “अपने भाई की पत्नी को रखना तुझे उचित नहीं।” (लैव्य. 18:16, लैव्य. 20:21)

In context

16But Herod, when he heard this, said, “This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead.”

17For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

18For John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

19Herodias set herself against him and desired to kill him, but she couldn’t,

20for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

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