Matthew 14:4
For John had said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her as your wife.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
5Herod would have put him to death, but he feared the people, because they regarded him as a prophet.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:21If a man marries his brother's wife while his brother is still living, that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother, and I will take away from their children any property they may have inherited from their parents.
2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are that man! Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I rescued you out of the hand of Saul.
2 Chronicles 26:18They resisted Uzziah, the king, and said to him, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to Yahweh, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are consecrated to burn incense. Go out of the holy place, for you have been unfaithful and you will not be honored by Yahweh God.”
Isaiah 8:20To the law and to the testimony! If they do not say such things, it is because they have no light of dawn. 1
Mark 6:18For John told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your 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 →