Mark 6:17-27 For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

Wesley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ For Herod himself had sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison, for Herodias sake, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias was incensed against him, and was desirous to have killed him; but she could not. ²⁰ For Herod reverenced John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and preserved him: and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. ²¹ And a convenient day being come, when Herod on his birth-day made a feast, for his lords, captains, and principal men of Galilee: ²² When the daughter of Herodias had come in and danced and pleased Herod, and his guests, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. ²³ And he sware to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me, I will give thee, to the half my kingdom. ²⁴ And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. ²⁵ And coming in quickly with haste to the king she asked, saying, I will that thou give me immediately in a charger the head of John the Baptist. ²⁶ And the king was exceeding sorry: yet for his oath's sake, and for the sake of his guests, he would not reject her. ²⁷ And immediately the king sent one of his guard, and commanded his head to be brought.