ABU(i)
21 And a convenient day having come, when Herod on his birthday made a supper for his nobles, and for the chief captains, and the first men of Galilee;
22 and the daughter of Herodias having come in and danced, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and the king said to the damsel: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
23 And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she, going out, said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Immerser.
25 And straightway she came in with haste to the king, and asked, saying: I will that immediately thou give me, on a platter, the head of John the Immerser.
26 And the king became very sorrowful; but for the sake of his oath, and of those reclining with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent one of the guard, and commanded to bring his head. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And his disciples hearing of it came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.