Matthew 14:4 KJV — MannaFest

Matthew 14:4

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

because John had been telling him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

YLT

for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

DBT

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

About this book

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Matthew — The Gospel of the promised King. Five discourses punctuate the narrative; roughly sixty-five Old Testament citations bind the story to the prophets.

Author: Matthew (Levi), a former tax collector called by Jesus
Date: c. AD 50–60

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17 verses on the floor

Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
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.
Luke 1:17
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Mark 6:18
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

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For this sin John reproved him; not by tacit and oblique allusions, but in plain terms, It is not lawful for thee to have her. He charges it upon him as a sin; not, It is not honourable, or, It is not safe, but, It is not lawful; the sinfulness of sin, as it is the transgression of the law, is the worst thing in it.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It is not lawful for thee to have her - It was not lawful indeed for either of them to have her. For her father Aristobulus was their own brother. John's words were rough, like his raiment.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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MAT 14:4ISA 8:20 2PE 1:19
MAT 14:4ISA 8:20 2TI 3:15-17
MAT 14:4LEV 20:21 LEV 18:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 14:4MRK 6:18 LEV 20:21
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
MAT 14:4ISA 8:20 PSA 119:130
MAT 14:4ISA 8:20 JHN 5:39
MAT 14:4ISA 8:20 ACT 17:11
MAT 14:4LEV 20:21 MAT 14:3-4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

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