Mak 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, What is my requ…
Mak 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
Mak 6:25 And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the hea
Mak 6:26 And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.
Mak 6:27 And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,
Mak 6:28 And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
Mak 6:29 And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.