Matthew 14:4
For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
5And [while] desiring to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they held him for a prophet.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:21And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man! Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel: I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
2 Chronicles 26:18and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It is not for thee, Uzziah, to burn incense to Jehovah, but for the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast transgressed; neither shall it be for thine honour from Jehovah Elohim.
Isaiah 8:20To the law and the testimony! If they speak not according to this word, for them there is no daybreak.
Mark 6:18For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have the wife of thy brother.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →