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Mark 6:26

Grief

24 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

25 At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

27 So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

28 The man brought John’s head on a platter and presented it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
KJV
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
WEB
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
ASV
And the king was exceeding sorry; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat, he would not reject her.
DARBY
And the king, [while] made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with [him] would not break his word with her.
BLB
And the king, having been made very sorrowful because of the oaths and those reclining, did not want to set her aside.
ÅB
Og kongen ble meget bedrøvet; men for sine deres skyld og for deres skyld som satt til bords, ville han ikke si nei til henne.
OTB
Kongen ble dypt bedrøvet, men på grunn av sine eder og sine gjester, ville han ikke nekte henne.
B1930
Og kongen blev meget bedrøvet; men for sine eders skyld og for deres skyld som satt til bords, vilde han ikke si nei til henne.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 27:24–25

    When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.”

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  • Matthew 14:9

    The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted

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  • Matthew 27:3–5

    When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.

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