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17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and had bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife; for he had married her.

18 For John had said unto Herod, “It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.”

19 Therefore Herodias had an inward grudge against him and would have killed him, but she could not;

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