Matthew 14:1-10

Murdock(i) 1 And at that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus: 2 and he said to his servants: This is John the Baptizer: he is risen from the grave: therefore works of power are wrought by him. 3 Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison; on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. 4 For John had said to him: It is no lawful for her to be thy wife. 5 And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday festival occurred, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests; and she pleased Herod. 7 Therefore he swore to her by an oath, that he would give her whatsoever she might ask. 8 And she, as she had been instructed by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptizer. 9 And it troubled the king: nevertheless, on account of the oath, and the guests, he commanded that it should be given her. 10 And he sent and cut off the head of John in the prison.