Matthew 14:1-8 ▼

1 At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

2 and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

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

4 for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee 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 did please Herod,

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

8 And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;