LEB(i)
21 And a suitable day came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers and military tribunes and the most prominent men of Galilee.
22 And when* the daughter of Herodias herself* came in and danced and pleased* Herod and ⌊his dinner guests⌋,* the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it* to you."
23 And he swore to her,* "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"
24 And she went out and* said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."
25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and* asked, saying, "I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."
26 And although he* was deeply grieved, the king, because of his* oaths and ⌊dinner guests⌋,* did not want to refuse her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner and* ordered him* to bring his head. And he went and* beheaded him in the prison.
28 And he brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
29 And when* his disciples heard this,* they came and took away his corpse and placed it in a tomb.