Matthew 14:4

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What does Matthew 14:4 mean?

Matthew 14:4 in the original Greek

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Cross references for Matthew 14:4

• Leviticus 20:21

  And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

• Leviticus 18:16

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

• Mark 6:18

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

• Proverbs 28:1

  The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

• Deuteronomy 25:5-6

  If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her. And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

• 2 Samuel 12:7

  And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

• Isaiah 8:20

  To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

• 2 Chronicles 26:18-19

  And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.

• 1 Kings 21:19

  And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.

• Acts 24:24-25

  And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

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Context

• Matthew 14:3

  For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.

• Matthew 14:4

  For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

• Matthew 14:5

  And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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