17 For Herodes hadde selv sendt folk avsted og grepet Johannes og lagt ham i bånd og kastet ham i fengsel for Herodias' skyld, som var hans bror Filips hustru; for han hadde giftet sig med henne.

18 Men Johannes hadde sagt til Herodes: Det er dig ikke tillatt å ha din brors hustru.

17 For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.