4for John had been saying to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her."


In Context

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus,

2 and he said to his attendants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

3 Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

4 for John had been saying to him: "It is not lawful for you to have her."

5 Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of the people, because they considered him a prophet.

6 On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for them and pleased Herod so much

Matthew 14:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said to him, |It is not lawful for you to have her.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:4for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:4For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.