22 A filha de Herodíades apresentou-se e pôs-se a dançar, com grande satisfação de Herodes e dos seus convivas. Disse o rei à moça: Pede-me o que quiseres, e eu to darei.

23 E jurou-lhe: Tudo o que me pedires te darei, ainda que seja a metade do meu reino.

24 Ela saiu e perguntou à sua mãe: Que hei de pedir? E a mãe respondeu: A cabeça de João Batista.

25 Tornando logo a entrar apressadamente à presença do rei, exprimiu-lhe seu desejo: Quero que sem demora me dês a cabeça de João Batista.

26 O rei entristeceu-se; todavia, por causa da sua promessa e dos convivas, não quis recusar.

27 Sem tardar, enviou um carrasco com a ordem de trazer a cabeça de João. Ele foi, decapitou João no cárcere,

28 trouxe a sua cabeça num prato e a deu à moça, e esta a entregou à sua mãe.

22 and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,

23 and he sware to her -- Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.

24 And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, What shall I ask for myself? and she said, The head of John the Baptist;

25 and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.

26 And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

27 and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

28 and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;