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Aug 29, 2026. Gospel: Mark 6;17-29. Beheading of St John The Baptist.
17 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.
Ipse enim Herodes misit, ac tenuit Joannem, et vinxit eum in carcere propter Herodiadem uxorem Philippi fratris sui, quia duxerat eam.
18 For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
Dicebat enim Joannes Herodi : Non licet tibi habere uxorem fratris tui.
19 Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
Herodias autem insidiabatur illi : et volebat occidere eum…
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