Verse 18

For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

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  • Lev 18:16 : 16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
  • Lev 20:21 : 21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
  • 1 Kgs 22:14 : 14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that will I speak.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 19 Yet if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
  • Acts 20:26-27 : 26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. 27 For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God.
  • Acts 24:24-26 : 24 And after some days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning faith in Christ. 25 And as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you. 26 He also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore, he sent for him more often, and conversed with him.