Matthew 14:1-8 ▼

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus,

2 and said to his servants, “This is John the Immerser, he rose from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.”

3 For Herod having laid hold on John, bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

4 for John was saying to him, “It is not lawful to you to have her,”

5 and willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

6 But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod,

7 after which with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

8 And she, having been instigated by her mother, says, “Give me here on a plate the head of John the Immerser”;