He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
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He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
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And he sware vnto hyr whatsoever thou shalt axe of me I will geve it the even vnto the one halfe of my kyngdome.
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And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.
Cross-references (9)
Passages linked to Mark 6:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Esther 5:3 Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
- Esther 7:2 The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
- Esther 5:6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
- Matthew 4:9 He said to him, “I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me.”
- 1 Samuel 28:10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”
- 2 Kings 6:31 Then he said, “God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat stays on him today.”
- Proverbs 6:2 you are trapped by the words of your mouth; you are ensnared with the words of your mouth.
- Matthew 14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
- Matthew 5:34-37 but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt…
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
Ver. 23. To the half of my kingdom] What was his whole kingdom to the life of that precious man, of whom the world was not worthy? Shortly after he was turned out of his kingdom, and (it is to be feared) out of God’s too.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he sware unto her,.... He added an oath…
And he sware unto her,.... He added an oath to what he had before said, the more to confirm it, and to encourage her in her request, and which he repeated in stronger language:
whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom; See Gill on Mat 14:7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To the half of my kingdom - A proverbial…
To the half of my kingdom - A proverbial expression.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 23. Unto the half of my kingdom.] A…
Verse 23. Unto the half of my kingdom.] A noble price for a dance! This extravagance in favour of female dancers has the fullest scope in the east, even to the present day. M. Anquetil du Perron, in the preliminary discourse to his Zend Avesta, p. 344 and 345, gives a particular account of the dancers at Surat. This account cannot be transcribed in a comment on the Gospel of God, however illustrative it might be of the conduct of Herodias and her daughter Salome: it is too abominable for a place here. He observes, that the rich vie with each other in the presents they make to the dancing girls of money and jewels; and that persons of opulence have even ruined themselves by the presents they made to those victims of debauch. He mentions a remarkable case, which may throw light on this passage: "That the dancer Laal-koner gained such a complete ascendancy over the Mogul Emperor Maaz-eddin, that he made her joint governess of the empire with himself."
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. unto the half of my kingdom] Compare the…
23. unto the half of my kingdom] Compare the words of Ahasuerus (i. e. Xerxes) to Esther: “What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom” (Est_5:3; Est_7:2).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Whatever you ask ... my kingdom
Whatever you ask ... my kingdom
"I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it"
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