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24 When she had left the room she said to her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" But she said, "The head of John the baptizer."
25 And she hurried back at once to the king and asked him for it, saying, "I want you right away to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."
26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but on account of his oath and his guests he did not like to break his word to her,