Mark 6:18-20 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother. ¹⁹ And Herodias held it against him, and desired to kill him, but was not able. ²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a holy and just man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he did many things, and gladly heard from him.