“Then a convenient day came when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, the high officers, and the chief men of Galilee.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Mark 6 contains 56 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.