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7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask. 8 And she, urged on by her mother, says, "Give me here upon a plate the head of John the Immerser." 9 And the king, though grieved, yet , because of the oaths and of those sitting at the table with them, ordered it to be given; 10 and, having sent, he beheaded John in the prison; 11 and his head was brought upon a plate, and given to the damsel; and she brought it to her mother. Matthew 14:7-11, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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