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22-23 Then Herodias’s daughter came in and danced before them and greatly pleased them all.

“Ask me for anything you like,” the king vowed, “even half of my kingdom, and I will give it to you!”

24 She went out and consulted her mother, who told her, “Ask for John the Baptist’s head!”

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22 When the daughter of[a] Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” 23 And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”(A)

24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

“The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:22 Some early manuscripts When his daughter