Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” Although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, and because of [a]his dinner guests. 10 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:9 Lit those who reclined at the table with him