Aug 29, 2023. Gospel: Mark 6:17-29. The beheading of St John the Baptist.

Traditional Latin Mass Gospel Readings · Aug 29, 2023 · 2m

Mark 6:17-29. The beheading of St John the Baptist “6:17. For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. 6:18. For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. 6:19. Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death and could not. 6:20. For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a just and holy man: and kept him, and when he heard him, did many things: and he heard him willingly. ”“And kept him. . .That is, from the designs of Herodias…