Mark 6:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ For John had been telling Herod, ‘It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.’ ¹⁹ And Herodias had a grudge against him, and wanted to kill him. But she could not, ²⁰ for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he protected him. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed;^[a] and yet he liked to listen to him.