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

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts his brother's wife