Matthew 14:4
For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
5And wishing to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they regarded him as a prophet.
Cross References
Isaiah 8:20To the word, to the revelation! If they speak not according to this, For them no bright morning shall arise.
Mark 6:18For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
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 →