Matthew 14:3-5

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

³ For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison [to ^[a]stow him out of the way] on account and for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

⁴ For John had said to him, It is not lawful or right for you to have her.^(A)

⁵ Although he wished to have him put to death, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded John as a prophet.