Marcos 6

22 and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those dining with him, the king said to the girl, "Ask of me whatever you will, and I will give to you," 23 and he swore to her, "Whatever you may ask me, I will give to you—to the half of my kingdom." 24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, "What will I ask for myself?" And she said, "The head of John the Immerser"; 25 and having come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, "I will that you may immediately give me the head of John the Immerser on a plate." 26 And the king, made very sorrowful because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, would not put her away, 27 and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, commanded his head to be brought, 28 and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother;