Matthew 14:1-4

The Death of John the Baptist

1 aAt that time bHerod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus, 2and he said to his servants, cThis is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” 3For dHerod had seized John and bound him and eput him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
Some manuscripts his brother’s wife
4because John had been saying to him, g“It is not lawful for you to have her.”
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