Matthew 14:3-5

3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

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

5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered John a prophet.

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Cross References 4

1. Matthew 4:12; Matthew 11:2
2. Luke 3:19,20
3. Leviticus 18:16; Leviticus 20:21
4. S Matthew 11:9

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