Matthew 14:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ For Herod had arrested John, chained^[a] him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,^{(A) 4} since John had been telling him, “It’s not lawful^(B) for you to have her!” ⁵ Though he wanted to kill him, he feared the crowd, since they regarded him as a prophet.^(C)