Mark 9:13

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Mark 9:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible

11 And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

12 He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

13 But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

14 When they returned to the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.

15 As soon as all the people saw Jesus, they were filled with awe and ran to greet Him.

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Luke 1:17

And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Mark 6:14

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Mark 6:17

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Mark 6:19

So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she had been unable,

Mark 6:20

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Mark 6:21

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Mark 6:22

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Mark 6:23

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

Mark 6:24

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Mark 6:25

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Mark 6:26

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Mark 6:27

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Mark 6:28

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Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Matthew 14:4

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Matthew 14:5

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Matthew 14:6

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Matthew 14:7

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Matthew 14:8

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Matthew 14:9

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and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.

Matthew 14:11

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