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For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.

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Leviticus 18:16
You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:21
If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother's wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother's nakedness; they will be childless.
1 Kings 22:14
But Micaiah said, "As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say."
Ezekiel 3:18
When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him -- you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live -- that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
Matthew 14:3
For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
Acts 20:26
Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all.
Acts 24:24
Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus.

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Matthew 14:4
because John had repeatedly told him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Luke 3:19
But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

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