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21 And a favourable day being come for her purpose, when Herod on his birth-day made a supper for his nobles, and military commanders, and the principal personages of Galilee; 22 and the daughter of this Herodias coming in, and dancing, and delighting Herod, and his company, the king said to the damsel, Ask me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 23 And he swore unto her, That whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give thee, even to the half of my kingdom. 24 Then she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in immediately with eagerness to the king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me on the spot, in a charger, the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet on account of his oath, and those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. 27 And the king immediately sending a centinel, commanded his head to be brought thither: and he went, and beheaded him in the prison, 28 and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother. Mark 6:21-28, Haweis New Testament. Public domain.
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