Mark 6:17-19

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

¹⁸ For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

¹⁹ Now Herodias laid snares for him: and was desirous to put him to death, and could not.