Matthew 14:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Now Herod had ordered the arrest of John, put him in chains, and imprisoned him on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. ⁴ For John had told him, “It is against the law for you to have her.”

⁵ Herod wanted to put John to death, but he was afraid of the people because they regarded John as a prophet.