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6-7 There John sat until Herod’s birthday. On that night, Salome, Herodias’s daughter by Philip, came and danced for her stepfather and all his birthday guests. Herod so enjoyed her dancing that he vowed to give her whatever she wanted.

Salome (after whispering with her mother): Bring me the head of John the Baptist,[a] displayed on a platter.

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  1. 14:8 Literally, John who immersed, to show repentance

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