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Matthew 14:4

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14:4because John had repeatedly told3 him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”4

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Footnotes

  1. 3 The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.
  2. 4 This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

for John had been saying to him: “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful for you to have her.”

NLTNew Living Translation

John had been telling Herod, “It is against God’s law for you to marry her.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

because John had been saying to him, “It is not permitted for you to have her.”

KJV 1900King James Version

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.