Matthew 14:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ Herod arrested John because John told Herod: “It is not right for you to have Herodias.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For John had said to him, It is not lawful or right for you to have her. [Lev. 18:16; 20:21.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Common English Bible

⁴ That’s because John told Herod, “It’s against the law for you to marry her.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For John was telling him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.

Matthew 14:4 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to David, “You are that {rich} man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose [65] you to be the king of Israel. I saved you from Saul.

1 Kings 21:19

Tell Ahab that I, the Lord, say to him, ‘Ahab! You killed the man Naboth. Now you are taking his land. So I tell you this! In the same place that Naboth died, you will also die. The dogs that licked Naboth’s blood will lick your blood in the same place!’”

Proverbs 28:1

Evil people are afraid of everything. But a good person is as brave as a lion.

Proverbs 28:4

You are for evil people if you refuse to obey the law. But if you obey the law, then you are against them.

Isaiah 8:20

You should follow the teachings and the agreement. {\cf2\super [105]} If you don’t follow these commands, then you might follow the wrong commands. (The wrong commands are those commands that come from the wizards and fortune tellers. Those commands are worth nothing; you will gain nothing by following those commands.)

Jeremiah 34:6

So Jeremiah gave the message from the Lord to Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

Leviticus 18:16

“You must not have sexual relations with [322] your brother’s wife. That would be like having sexual relations with your brother. [323]

Leviticus 20:21

It is wrong for a man to take his brother’s wife. It would be like having sexual relations with [364] his brother! They will have no children.

Mark 6:18

John told Herod that it was not right for him to be married to his brother’s wife.