Mark 6:23
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Mark 6:23 appears in the Greek New Testament. The text above is from the Tischendorf 8th edition. Each word links to its Strong’s number and a concise gloss. Click any word for its full Thayer’s Greek Lexicon entry.
He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
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World English Bible Public Domain
He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
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King James Version Public Domain
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he swore to her, “If you ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
He swore to her, "Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
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King James Version Public Domain
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
And he sware vnto her, Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I will giue it thee, euen vnto the halfe of my kingdome.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
and he swore to her, “Whatever you may ask me, I will give to you—to the half of my kingdom.”
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
He swore to her saying, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he swore to her, “If you ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
He swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
“Ask me for whatever you like, and I'll give it to you.” He confirmed his promise with an oath, “I'll give you up to half my kingdom.”
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
He swore to her, “Whatever yoʋ ask me, I will give to yoʋ, up to half my kingdom.”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
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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- Appears 5× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears here
- Part of Speech
- Adjective
- Case
- Genitive
- Number
- Singular
- Gender
- Neuter
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ὤμοσεν omnýō G3660 “to swear” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- αὐτῇ autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- ὅτι hóti G3754 “that” Conjunction
- ὃ hós G3739 “who” Relative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter
- ἐάν eán G1437 “if” Conditional
- με egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Accusative, Singular
- αἰτήσῃς aitéō G154 “to ask” Verb, Aorist, Active, Subjunctive, 2nd person, Singular
- δώσω dídōmi G1325 “to give” Verb, Future, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular
- σοι sý G4771 “you” Personal pronoun, 2nd person, Dative, Singular
- ἕως héōs G2193 “until” Adverb
- ἡμίσους hḗmisy G2255 “half” Adjective, Genitive, Singular, Neuter
- τῆς ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- βασιλείας basileía G932 “kingdom” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- μου egṓ G1473 “I” Personal pronoun, 1st person, Genitive, Singular
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- words
- 14
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Notable vocabulary
The rarest word here is ἡμίσους half G2255 — appearing just 5 times in the whole Greek New Testament.
First appearance in Scripture
This word makes its first canonical appearance in the Greek New Testament here:
- ἡμίσους half G2255
Shared distinctive vocabulary
ἡμίσους half G2255 occurs in 5 verses of the Greek New Testament. Also found in:
Repetition
A word recurs within this verse:
- με I G1473 ×2
Cross-references
9Topical passages linked to Mark 6:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Esther 5:3 Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and 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? and it shall be granted you: and 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? and it shall be granted you: and 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, there shall no punishment 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 shall stand on him this day.
- 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;
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Where the printed editions differ
1 variantPlaces in this verse where the major printed Greek editions disagree on the wording in a way that affects the translation — a comparison of editions, not a manuscript-by-manuscript collation. The editions are the modern critical texts (Nestlé-Aland 28/27, SBL, Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Tyndale House) and the traditional texts behind the KJV (the Textus Receptus and the Byzantine/Majority text). It is not a claim about which reading is original.
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Extra text
πολλὰ
“greatly”
In NA27 Not in NA28TynSBLWHTregTRByzπολλὰ (polla) 'greatly' is only in older manuscripts (NA27)
Textual data: Translators Amalgamated Greek New Testament (STEPBible TAGNT) · CC BY 4.0.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 15 words (14 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is hḗmisy (“half”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- How does “half” (hḗmisy) shape what this verse is saying?
- The word “half” first appears here in Scripture. What is being introduced at this debut?
- Luke 19:8 shares the word «half» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- “I” occurs 2× in this one verse. What is the effect of the repetition?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
- Reading how Expositor's Greek Testament and Adam Clarke's Commentary read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?
Things to notice
- 1 word makes its first canonical appearance in Scripture here.
- These translations choose different wording for 7 words in this verse.
- “I” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 14 distinct Greek lemmas span 15 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Mark 6:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →
Expositor's Greek Testament
ed. W. Robertson Nicoll
The Expositor's Greek Testament, edited by W. Robertson Nicoll (1897–1910) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill's Exposition
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Trapp's Complete Commentary
John Trapp
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
unfoldingWord translationNotes
Door43 World Missions Community
unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges
Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges (Cambridge University Press, 1896; 21 vols, various authors incl. Carr, Maclear, Plummer, Farrar, Lumby, Moule, M. R. James, Simcox) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Alford’s Greek Testament
Henry Alford
Henry Alford, The Greek Testament (1849–1861) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.