Mark 6 · Verse 24

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.
Mark 6:24, King James Version

Mark 6:24 in other translations

BSBThen she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
WEBShe went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
ASVAnd she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.
YLTAnd she, having gone forth, said to her mother, ‘What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, ‘The head of John the Baptist;'
DARBYAnd she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.
BBEAnd she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
WebsterAnd she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.

What does Mark 6:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Mark 6:14-29

Herod feared John while he lived, and feared him still more when he was dead. Herod did many of those things which John in his preaching taught him; but it is not enough to do many things, we must have respect to all the commandments. Herod respected John, till he touched him in his Herodias. Thus many love good preaching, if it keep far away from their beloved sin. But it is better that sinners persecute ministers…

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Mark 6:24 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐξελθοῦσαexelthousahaving gone outG1831
εἶπενeipenshe saidG2036
τῇtēato theG3588
μητρὶmētrimotherG3384
αὐτῆς·autēsof her;G846
τίtiWhatG5101
αἰτήσωμαι;aitēsōmaishall I ask for myself?G154
ἡhē<the>G3588
δὲdeAndG1161
εἶπεν·eipenshe said;G2036
τὴνtēnTheG3588
κεφαλὴνkephalēnheadG2776
ἸωάννουIōannouof JohnG2491
τοῦtouthe [one]G3588
βαπτίζοντος.baptizontosbaptizing.G907

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Mark 6:24

  • 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. Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction.

  • Job 31:31

    If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

  • Genesis 27:8-11

    Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth: And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man:

  • Ezekiel 19:2-3

    And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.

  • Psalms 27:2

    When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

  • Psalms 37:12

    The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.

  • Psalms 37:14

    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Proverbs 27:3-4

    A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both. Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

  • Acts 23:12-13

    And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.

  • Matthew 14:8

    And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

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said.
Ge 27:8-11; 2Ch 22:3,4; Eze 19:2,3; Mt 14:8
The head.
Job 31:31; Ps 27:2; 37:12,14; Pr 27:3,4; Ac 23:12,13

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Context

  • Mark 6:23

    And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.

  • 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.

  • Mark 6:25

    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.

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Mark 6:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y saliendo ella, dijo á su madre: ¿Qué pediré? Y ella dijo: La cabeza de Juan Bautista.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et elle sortit et dit à sa mère: Que dois-je demander? Et celle-ci dit: La tête de Jean le baptiseur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie aber ging hinaus und sagte ihrer Mutter: Um was soll ich bitten? Diese aber sprach: Um das Haupt Johannes des Täufers.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quæ cum exisset, dixit matri suæ: Quid petam? At illa dixit: Caput Joannis Baptistæ.