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19 (A) But to Herod the ruler, he said, “It was wrong for you to take Herodias, your brother's wife.” John also said Herod had done many other bad things.

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19 But when John rebuked Herod(A) the tetrarch because of his marriage to Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the other evil things he had done,

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20 Finally, Herod put John in jail, and this was the worst thing he had done.

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20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.(A)

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16 (A) or sister-in-law.

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16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(A) that would dishonor your brother.

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21 (A) And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 20.21 And … children: According to Deuteronomy 25.5,6 a man was supposed to marry his brother's widow if his brother had died without having children. Otherwise, such marriages were forbidden (see also Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27; Luke 20.27-40).

21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,(A) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.(B)

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