Matthew 14:3-5

3 For ¹Herod had seized John and bound him and ²put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, ^[a]

4 because John had been saying to him, ³“It is not lawful for you to have her. ”

5 And though he wanted to put him to death, ⁴he feared the people, because they held him to be ⁵a prophet.

Cross References

• 1. 14:3 Luke 3:19, 20
• 2. 14:3 ch. 11:2; John 3:24
• 3. 14:4 Lev. 18:16; 20:21
• 4. 14:5 ch. 21:26; [ch. 21:46]
• 5. 14:5 See ch. 11:9

Footnotes

• [a] 14:3 Some manuscripts 'his brother’s wife'