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Mark 6:25

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She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”

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Mark 6:25 in other translations

And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:25 · American Standard Version

Mark 6:25 in context

  1. 23He swore to her, “Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
  2. 24She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”
    She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
  3. 25She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
  4. 26The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
  5. 27Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John’s head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,