23 So he swore(A) oaths(B) to her: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”(C)

24 Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”

“John the Baptist’s(D) head!” she said.

25 Immediately she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s(E) head on a platter(F)—right now!”

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