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.
KJV
καὶ ὤμοσεν αὐτῇ ὅτι ὃ ἐάν με αἰτήσῃς δώσω σοι ἕως ἡμίσους τῆς βασιλείας μου.
Greek NT
et juravit illi : Quia quidquid petieris dabo tibi, licet dimidium regni mei.
Vulgate
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
ASV
And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αἰτέω
aiteo
verb · 70×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
βασιλεία
basileia
noun · 162×
δίδωμι
didomi
verb · 414×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἕως
eos
adverb · 145×
ἥμισυ
emisu
adjective · 5×
ὀμνύω
omnuo
verb · 26×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: αὐτῇ | WH/Treg/NIV/RP: αὐτῇ | NA: + πολλά
- αὐτῇ — SBLGNT
- αὐτῇ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
- + πολλά — Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: Ὅ τι | NIV: Ὅ τι | WH: Ὅτι | Treg/RP: ὅτι Ὃ
- Ὅ τι — SBLGNT
- Ὅ τι — Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ὅτι — Westcott-Hort
- ὅτι Ὃ — Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§523St. John the Baptist is the Lord's immediate precursor or forerunner, sent to prepare his way.196 "Prophet of the Most High", John surpasses all the prophets, of whom he is the last.197 He inaugurates the Gospel, already from his mother's womb welcomes the coming of Christ, and rejoices in being "the friend of the bridegroom", whom he points out as "the Lamb of God, who takes a…
2. At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus. For Herod the king, this man's father, he that slew the children, was dead. But not without a purpose does the evangelist signify the time, but to make you observe also the haughtiness of the tyrant, and his thoughtlessness, in that not at the beginning did he inform himself about Christ, but after a very long time.…
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 13:8 — And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
- 1Sam 28:10 — And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing.
- 2Kgs 6:31 — Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.
- Acts 23:12 — 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.
- Eccl 5:2 — Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
- Esth 5:3 — Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
- Esth 5:3 — Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
- Esth 5:6 — And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
- Esth 7:2 — And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even
- Gen 25:33 — And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.
- Judg 21:1 — Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife.
- Lev 5:4 — Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilt
- Matt 4:9 — And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
- Matt 14:7 — Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Prov 6:2 — Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.