Mark 6:18

6:18 For John had repeatedly told ¹  Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ² 

Mark 12:33

12:33 And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength ³  and to love your neighbor as yourself ⁴  is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

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¹ tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

² sn It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife. This was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

³ sn A quotation from Deut 6:5.

⁴ sn A quotation from Lev 19:18.