KJV:
And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
NASB:
and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.
KJV:
Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
NASB:
because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
KJV:
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
NASB:
Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones.
KJV:
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
NASB:
And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."
KJV:
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
NASB:
For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
KJV:
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
NASB:
And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.
KJV:
Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
NASB:
The Pharisees and the scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?"
KJV:
And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
NASB:
And He said to her, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter."