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Matthew 14:3

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For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

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  1. Matthew 14:1

    At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

  2. Matthew 14:2

    And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

  3. Matthew 14:4

    For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

  4. Matthew 14:5

    And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.