Matthew 14:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison, for the sake of Hero′di-as, his brother Philip’s wife;^[a] ⁴because John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ⁵And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.

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Matthew 14:3 Other ancient authorities read his brother’s wife

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

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