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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; 9 and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given; 10 and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison, 11 and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother. Matthew 14:7-11, Young's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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