John the Baptist Imprisoned

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• Matthew 14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
• 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.
• Matthew 14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
• Matthew 14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
• Matthew 14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
• Mark 6:14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
• Mark 6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
• Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
• Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
• Mark 6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
• Mark 6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
• Mark 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
• Luke 3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
• Luke 3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.