Mark 6:24

6:24 So ¹  she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother ²  said, “The head of John the baptizer.” ³ 

Mark 7:10

7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ ⁴  and, ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’ ⁵ 

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.

² tn Grk “She said”; the referent (the girl’s mother) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn While Matthew and Luke consistently use the noun βαπτίστης (baptisths, “the Baptist”) to refer to John, as a kind of a title, Mark employs the substantival participle ὁ βαπτίζων (Jo baptizwn, “the one who baptizes, the baptizer”) to describe him (though twice he does use the noun [Mark 6:25; 8:28]).

⁴ sn A quotation from Exod 20:12; Deut 5:16.

⁵ sn A quotation from Exod 21:17; Lev 20:9.