¹⁸ He preached with many other provocative figures of speech and so conveyed God’s message to the people—the time had come to rethink everything. ¹⁹ But John’s public preaching ended when he confronted Herod, the ruler of Galilee, for his many corrupt deeds, including taking Herodias, the ruler’s sister-in-law, as his own wife. ²⁰ Herod responded by throwing John into prison.