3. For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
4. For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5. And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
6. But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.