23 and he swore to her, “Whatever you may ask me, I will give to you—to the half of my kingdom.”

24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, “What will I ask for myself?” And she said, “The head of John the Immerser”;

25 and having come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, “I will that you may immediately give me the head of John the Immerser on a plate.”

26 And the king, made very sorrowful because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, would not put her away,

Mark 6:23-26, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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