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Matthew 14:3–4

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3For when aHerod had John arrested, he bound him and put him bin prison because of cHerodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

4For John had been saying to him, “aIt is not lawful for you to have her.”

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Cross references

  1. aMatt 14:1–12: Mark 6:14–29; Mark 8:15; Luke 3:1, 19; 8:3; 13:31; 23:7f, 11f, 15; Acts 4:27; 12:1
  2. bMatt 4:12; 11:2
  3. cMatt 14:6; Mark 6:17, 19, 22; Luke 3:19f
  4. aLev 18:16; 20:21

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For Herod had arrested John, chained him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her.”

NLTNew Living Translation

For Herod had arrested and imprisoned John as a favor to his wife Herodias (the former wife of Herod’s brother Philip). John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry her.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For Herod, after arresting John, bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because John had been saying to him, “It is not permitted for you to have her.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.