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22 Herodias’s own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.” 23 He even swore [many things] to her, “I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to half of my kingdom.”(A) 24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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