¹⁸ For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”^(A)

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)

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

¹⁸ When I say to a wicked person, ‘You will surely die,^(A)’ and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for^[a] their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.^{(B) 19} But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn^(C) from their wickedness^(D) or from their evil ways, they will die^(E) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.^(F)

¹⁴ But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.”^(A)