Matthew 14:4 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁴ for John had been saying to him: ‘It is not lawful for you to have her.’

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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 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 12:7

Then Nathan said to David, ‘You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: “I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

1 Kings 21:19

Say to him, “This is what the Lord says: have you not murdered a man and seized his property?” Then say to him, “This is what the Lord says: in the place where dogs licked up Naboth’s blood, dogs will lick up your blood – yes, yours!” ’

Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee though no-one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

Proverbs 28:4

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

Isaiah 8:20

Consult God’s instruction and the testimony of warning. If anyone does not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

Jeremiah 34:6

Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

Leviticus 18:16

‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonour your brother.

Leviticus 20:21

‘ “If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonoured his brother. They will be childless.

Mark 6:18

For John had been saying to Herod, ‘It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.’