For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
But Micaiah said, “As the Lord lives, whatever the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”
They spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.