Mark 6:17-27 For having sent, Herod himself had seized John and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.

LITV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ For having sent, Herod himself had seized John and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have the wife of your brother. ¹⁹ And Herodias held it against him, and desired to kill him, but was not able. ²⁰ For Herod feared John, knowing him to be a holy and just man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he did many things, and gladly heard from him. ²¹ And a suitable day having come, when Herod made a dinner for his great ones on his birthday, also the chiliarchs, and the first ones of Galilee. ²² And the daughter of Herodias herself entering, and dancing, she also pleased Herod and those reclining with him . The king said to the girl, Ask me whatever you wish, and I will give it to you. ²³ And he swore to her, Whatever you ask me, I will give to you, up to half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And going out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. ²⁵ And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I desire that at once you give to me the head of John the Baptist on a platter. ²⁶ And becoming deeply grieved, but because of the oaths and those reclining together, the king did not wish to reject her. ²⁷ And the king sending a guardsman at once, he ordered his head to be brought. And going, he beheaded him in the prison,