Catholic Public Domain Version
"For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” "
— Matthew 14:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.”
“For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. ”
“For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."”
“because John had repeatedly told him,“It is not lawful for you to have her.””
“For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.”
“Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.”
“For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.”
In that time, Herod the Tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.
And he said to his servants: “This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and that is why miracles are at work in him.”
For Herod had apprehended John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, the wife of his brother.
For John was telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
And though he wanted to kill him, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
Then, on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced in their midst, and it pleased Herod.
And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask of him.