Matthew 14:4
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
In context
2 and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
4 because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
5 Although Herod wanted to kill John, he was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a prophet.
6 On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
Matthew 14:4 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
- KJV King James Version
- For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
- WEB World English Bible
- For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'
- DBY Darby Translation
- For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.