24 (A)So [a]she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, John Baptist’s head.

25 Then she came in straightway with haste unto the King, and asked, saying, I would that thou shouldest give me even now in a charger the head of John Baptist.

26 Then the King was very sorry: yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat at table with him, he would not refuse her.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:24 For women used not to sit at table with men.

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