Mark 6:24
Greek (Tischendorf 8th ed.) Mark 6:24 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.
She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
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World English Bible Public Domain
She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
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King James Version Public Domain
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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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
She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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King James Version Public Domain
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
So she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I aske? And she said, Iohn Baptists head.
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;'
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, “What will I ask for myself?” And she said, “The head of John the Immerser”;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask him for?” She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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Darby Bible Public Domain
And she went out, and said to her mother, What should I ask? And she said, The head of John the baptist.
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of Yochanan the Immerser.”
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she replied.
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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Text-Critical English NT CC BY 4.0
So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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Tyndale New Testament (1534) Public Domain
And she wet forth and sayde to her mother: what shall I axe? And she sayde: Iohn Baptistes heed.
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- Appears 70× in the Greek New Testament
- First appears at Matthew 5:42
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Tense
- Aorist
- Voice
- Middle
- Mood
- Subjunctive
- Person
- 1st person
- Number
- Singular
Full Thayer's Definition
- καὶ kaí G2532 “and” Conjunction
- ἐξελθοῦσα exérchomai G1831 “to come forth” Verb, Aorist, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- εἶπεν légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τῇ ho G3588 “the” Article, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- μητρὶ mḗtēr G3384 “mother” Noun, Dative, Singular, Feminine
- αὐτῆς autós G846 “he” Personal pronoun, Genitive, Singular, Feminine
- τί tís G5101 “who” Interrogative pronoun, Accusative, Singular, Neuter
- αἰτήσωμαι aitéō G154 “to ask” Verb, Aorist, Middle, Subjunctive, 1st person, Singular
- ἡ ho G3588 “the” Article, Nominative, Singular, Feminine
- δὲ dé G1161 “but” Conjunction
- εἶπεν légō G3004 “to say” Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular
- τὴν ho G3588 “the” Article, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- κεφαλὴν kephalḗ G2776 “head” Noun, Accusative, Singular, Feminine
- Ἰωάννου Iōánnēs G2491 “John” Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- τοῦ ho G3588 “the” Article, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
- βαπτίζοντος baptízō G907 “to baptize” Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Genitive, Singular, Masculine
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 →
- 16
- words
- 12
- distinct lemmas
- Gospels
- section
Cross-references
10Topical passages linked to Mark 6:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Genesis 27:8–11 Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
- 2 Chronicles 22:3–4 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab; for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.
- Job 31:31 If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Ezekiel 19:2–3 and say, What was your mother? A lioness: she couched among lions, in the midst of the young lions she nourished her cubs.
- Psalms 27:2 When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 37:12 The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
- Psalms 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy, To kill those who are upright in the way.
- Proverbs 27:3–4 A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
- Matthew 14:8 She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."
- Acts 23:12–13 When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
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Lesson kit
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Mark, in the Gospels, opens this verse with 16 words (12 distinct Greek lemmas). Its most distinctive word is aitéō (“to ask”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “to ask” (aitéō) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- How does Genesis 27:8–11, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
- What does the repetition of “to say” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
- The translations on this page render this verse differently — a whole-verse word diff, not a word-by-word alignment. What might account for the different wordings?
- Compare how Expositor's Greek Testament and Geneva Bible (1599) read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
- “to say” occurs 2× in this single verse.
- 12 distinct Greek lemmas span 16 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Mark 6:24 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.
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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.
Geneva Bible (1599)
Geneva Bible translators
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain. Text via Bolls.life.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword 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.
The Pulpit Commentary
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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.
International Critical Commentary
International Critical Commentary — older volumes (1896–1929), various authors — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.