Mark 6:24

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Mark 6:24 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 27:8Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.
  2. 2 Samuel 13:5Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
  3. 2 Chronicles 22:3Ahaziah also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in wickedness.
  4. Job 31:31if the men of my house have not said, ‘Who is there who has not had his fill?’—
  5. Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
  6. Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
  7. Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.
  8. Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
  9. Ezekiel 19:2and say: ‘What was your mother? A lioness among the lions! She lay down among the young lions; she reared her cubs.
  10. Matthew 14:8Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
  11. Acts 23:12When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

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