Marcos 6

22 While they were eating, Herodias’ daughter came into the room and danced, and that pleased King Herod and his guests. So the king said to her, "Ask me for whatever you desire and I will give it to you!" 23 He said to her, "Whatever you ask, I will give it to you! I will give you up to half of what I own and rule, if you ask for it. May God punish me if I do not do what I have promised!" 24 The girl immediately left the room and went to her mother. She told her what the king had said, and asked her, "What shall I ask for?" Her mother replied, "Ask the king to give you the head of John the Baptizer!" 25 The girl quickly entered the room again. She went to the king and she requested, "I want you to command someone to cut off the head of John the Baptizer and give it to me at once on a platter, so that my mother can know he is dead!" 26 The king became very distressed when he heard what she asked for, because he knew John was a very righteous man (OR, because he now knew that he should not have made that promise to her). But he could not refuse what she requested because he had promised that he would give her anything she asked for, and because his guests had heard him promise that. 27 So the king at once ordered the man who executes prisoners to go and cut off John’s head and bring it to the girl. That man went to the prison and cut off John’s head. 28 He put it on a platter, brought it back, and gave it to the girl. The girl took it to her mother.