MKJV(i)
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus
2 and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. He has risen from the dead, and therefore the powerful works are working in him.
3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and had bound him, and had put him in prison because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.
5 And when he desired to put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod.
7 So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
8 And she, being instructed before by her mother, said, Give me John the Baptist's head here on a platter.
9 And the king was sorry. But for the oath's sake, and those reclining with him, he commanded it to be given.
10 And he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl. And she brought it to her mother.
12 And his disciples came and took up the body and buried it, and went and told Jesus.