Mark 6:18-20 For John had said to Herod, it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

Worsley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, it is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ Wherefore Herodias persecuted him, and would have taken away his life: ²⁰ but could not; for Herod revered John, knowing him to be a just and holy man, and protected him: and when he heard him he did many things according to John's instructions, and heard him willingly.