Matthew 14:4
For John said to him, It is not leaveful to thee to have her. (For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her as your wife.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 20:21He that weddeth his brother’s wife, doeth an unleaveful thing; he showed his brother’s filth (hood), [and] he shall be without free children. (He who weddeth his brother’s wife, doeth an unlawful thing; he uncovered her nakedness which is for his brother alone, and they shall die without any children.)
2 Samuel 12:7And Nathan said to David, Thou art that man, that hast done this thing. The Lord God of Israel saith these things, I anointed thee into king on Israel (or I anointed thee king upon Israel), and I delivered thee from the hand of Saul,
2 Chronicles 26:18which against-stood the king, and said to him, Uzziah, it is not of thine office, that thou burn incense to the Lord, but of the priests of the Lord, that is, the sons of Aaron, that be hallowed to such service; go thou out of the saintuary; and despise thou not God; for this thing shall not be areckoned of the Lord God to thee into glory. (who stood against the king, and said to him, Uzziah, it is not thy duty to burn incense to the Lord, but only the duty of the priests of the Lord, that is, the sons of Aaron, who be consecrated for such service; go thou out of the sanctuary; offend thou not; for this thing shall not be counted as glory for thee by the Lord God.)
Isaiah 8:20It is to go to the law more rather, and to the witnessing, that if they say not after this word, morrowtide light shall not be to them. ( Say thou, It is better to go to the Law, and to the testimony, and if they say not after this word, then the light is not in them.)
Mark 6:18For John said to Herod, It is not leaveful to thee (or 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 →