Matthew 14:1-8 ▼

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

2 and said to his servants, this is John the baptist, he is risen from the dead, and consequently is invested with miraculous power.

3 for Herod having secur'd John, bound him, and put him in prison to please Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

4 for John had said to him, it is not lawful for thee to have her.

5 he would have put him to death, but for fear of the people, who reckoned him a prophet.

6 but when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in publick, and made such an impression upon Herod,

7 that he promised her upon oath, to give whatever she should ask;

8 who being before instructed by her mother, pray, said she, order John Baptist's head to be brought here in a charger.