Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.
Better is the end of a speech than the beginning. Better is the patient man than the presumptuous.
And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee, because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.
For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? Thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hear?