Mark 6:14–29

¹⁴And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said—‘John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.’ ¹⁵Others said—‘It is Elijah,’ and others said—‘It is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.’ ¹⁶And Herod having heard, said—‘He whom I did behead—John—this is he; he was raised out of the dead.’ ¹⁷For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her, ¹⁸for John said to Herod—‘It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;’ ¹⁹and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able, ²⁰for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly. ²¹And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee, ²²and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, ‘Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,’ ²³and he sware to her—‘Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee—unto the half of my kingdom.’ ²⁴And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, ‘What shall I ask for myself?’ and she said, ‘The head of John the Baptist;’ ²⁵and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, ‘I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.’ ²⁶And the king—made very sorrowful—because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away, ²⁷and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought, ²⁸and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother; ²⁹and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.