Mark 6:18-20 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

RKJNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife. ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias had a grudge against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: ²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and kept him safe; and when he heard him, he was perplexed, but he enjoyed listening to him.