Mark 6:24 KJV — MannaFest

Mark 6:24

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

KJV

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ASV

And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

WEB

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

YLT

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'

DBT

And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.

About this book

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Mark — The Gospel of the servant in motion. The narrative hinges at Peter's confession (8:27). Before: the Servant revealed. After: the Servant suffers.

Author: John Mark, companion of Peter (Acts 12:12; 1 Pet 5:13)
Date: c. AD 50–65

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18 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
2 Chronicles 22:3–4
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counsellor to do wickedly.
Genesis 27:8–11
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.
Ezekiel 19:2–3
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.
Job 31:31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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Christ's retirement into a desert place with his disciples; the crowds that followed him thither to receive instruction from him; and his feeding five thousand of them with five loaves and two fishes,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

And she said, The head of John the Baptist--Abandoned women are more shameless and heartless than men. The Baptist's fidelity marred the pleasures of Herodias, and this was too good an opportunity of getting rid of him to let slip.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The promise was rashly made, and could not bind him to do an unrighteous thing. Sinful oaths must be repented of, and therefore not performed; for repentance is the undoing of what we have done amiss, as far as is in our power. When Theodosius the emperor was urged by a suitor with a promise, he answered, I said it, but did not promise it if it be unjust.

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