Matthew 14:1-8 ▼

1 At that tyme Herod the tetrarcha hearde of the fame of Iesu

2 and sayde vnto his servautes: This is Ihon ye baptist. He is risen agayne from deeth and therfore are soche myracles wrought by him.

3 For Herod had taken Ihon and bounde him and put him in preson fo r Herodias sake his brother Philips wyfe.

4 For Ihon sayde vnto him: Yt is not lawfull for the to have her.

5 And when he wold have put him to deeth he feared the people because they counted him as a prophet.

6 But when Herodes birth daye was come the doughter of Herodias daunsed before them and pleased Herod.

7 Wherfore he promised wt an oth that he wolde geve hir whatsoever she wolde axe.

8 And she beinge informed of her mother before sayde: geve me here Ihon baptistes heed in a platter.