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25 Immediately the girl[a] hurried back to the king with her request, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

26 The king was deeply saddened, yet because of his oaths and his guests he was reluctant to refuse her. 27 So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John’s[b] head. The soldier[c] went and beheaded him in prison.

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  1. Mark 6:25 Lit. she
  2. Mark 6:27 Lit. his
  3. Mark 6:27 Lit. He