Mark 6:17-21
Mark 6:17
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
Mark 6:18
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
Mark 6:19
Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
Mark 6:20
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Mark 6:21
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;