{"reference":"Mark 6:17-29","verses":[{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":17,"text":"For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":18,"text":"For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":19,"text":"Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":20,"text":"For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":21,"text":"And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief\nestates of Galilee;\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":22,"text":"And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give\nit thee.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":23,"text":"And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give\nit thee, unto the half of my kingdom.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":24,"text":"And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":25,"text":"And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":26,"text":"And the king was exceeding sorry;\nyet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":27,"text":"And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":28,"text":"And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.\n"},{"book_id":"MRK","book_name":"Mark","chapter":6,"verse":29,"text":"And when his disciples heard\nof it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.\n"}],"text":"For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.\nFor John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.\nTherefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:\nFor Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.\nAnd when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief\nestates of Galilee;\nAnd when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give\nit thee.\nAnd he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give\nit thee, unto the half of my kingdom.\nAnd she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.\nAnd she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.\nAnd the king was exceeding sorry;\nyet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.\nAnd immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,\nAnd brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.\nAnd when his disciples heard\nof it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.\n","translation_id":"kjv","translation_name":"King James Version","translation_note":"Public Domain"}