27 Assim, enviou no mesmo instante um carrasco com ordens de cortar a cabeça de João e trazê-la. Ele decapitou João na prisão, 28 trouxe a cabeça num prato e a entregou à moça, que a levou à sua mãe.

27 So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.

28 Then he brought John's head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.