Mark 6:26

WEB

²⁶The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

KJV

²⁶And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

BSB

²⁶The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

FBV

²⁶The king was very upset, but because of the oaths he'd made in front of his guests, he didn't want to refuse her.

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Extra References

Matthew 27:24-25

²⁴So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

²⁵All the people answered, “May his blood be on us and on our children!”

Matthew 27:3-5

³Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that Jesus was condemned, felt remorse, and brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, ⁴saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

⁵He threw down the pieces of silver in the sanctuary and departed. Then he went away and hanged himself.

Matthew 14:9

⁹The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,