Mark 6:17-19

New Catholic Bible

¹⁷ The Death of John the Baptist.^[a] It was this same Herod who had ordered John to be arrested and put in chains in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because Herod had married her. ¹⁸ For John had told Herod, “It is unlawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

¹⁹ As for Herodias, she was filled with resentment against John and wanted to have him killed, but she was unable to do so,