24 Ouvindo isto, ela saiu para se aconselhar junto da mãe, que lhe disse: Pede-lhe a cabeça de João Baptista!

25 Então voltou logo à presença do rei: Quero a cabeça de João Baptista, agora mesmo, numa bandeja!

26 O rei ficou muito triste com o pedido, mas teve vergonha de quebrar o juramento diante dos convidados. Mandou então um dos da sua guarda pessoal à prisão cortar a cabeça de João e trazê-la. O soldado matou João no cárcere e trouxe a sua cabeça numa bandeja, dando-a à jovem, que a levou à mãe.-

22 when the daughter of this very Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those reclining together, and, the king, said unto the damselAsk me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee;

23 and he took an oath to herWhatsoever thou shalt ask me, I will give thee, unto half my kingdom.

24 And, going out, she said unto her motherWhat shall I ask? and she saidThe head the Immerser;

25 And, coming in straightway, with hast, unto the king, she asked, sayingI desire, that, forthwith, thou give me, upon a charger, the head the Immerser.

26 And, though the king was, very grieved, yet, by reason of the oaths, and of them who were reclining, he would not refuse her.

27 And the king, straightway, sending off a guard, gave orders to bring his head.

28 And, departing, he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a charger, and gave it unto the damseland, the damsel, gave it unto her mother.