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14 About en that ekeinos · ho time kairos Herod hērōdēs the ho tetrarch tetraarchēs heard akouō the ho report akoē about Jesus Iēsous. And kai he said legō to ho his autos servants pais, “ This houtos is eimi John Iōannēs the ho Baptist baptistēs; he autos has risen egeirō from apo the ho dead nekros; and kai that is why dia · ho miraculous dynamis powers are at work energeō in en him autos.” · ho For gar Herod hērōdēs had arrested krateō · ho John Iōannēs, bound deō him autos, and kai put him apotithēmi in en prison phylakē because dia of Herodias hērōidias, the ho wife gynē of ho his autos brother adelphos Philip Philippos; because gar John Iōannēs had been telling legō · ho him autos, “It is not ou lawful for you sy to have echō her autos.” And kai though Herod wanted thelō to put him autos to death apokteinō, he feared phobeomai the ho people ochlos because hoti they considered echō him autos to be hōs a prophet prophētēs.

But de when Herod’ s hērōdēs birthday genesia came ginomai, · ho the ho daughter thugatēr of ho Herodias hērōidias danced orcheomai before en · ho them mesos and kai pleased areskō · ho Herod hērōdēs. So hothen he promised homologeō with meta an oath horkos to give didōmi her autos whatever hos ean she asked aiteō. · ho · de Prompted probibazō by hypo · ho her autos mother mētēr, she said phēmi, “ Give didōmi me egō the ho head kephalē of John Iōannēs the ho Baptist baptistēs here hōde on epi a platter pinax.” And kai although the ho king basileus was distressed lypeō, because dia of his ho oaths horkos and kai his ho dinner synanakeimai guests , he commanded keleuō it to be given didōmi to her. 10 So kai he sent pempō and had John Iōannēs beheaded apokephalizō · ho in en the ho prison phylakē. 11 And kai his autos head kephalē was brought pherō · ho on epi a platter pinax and kai given didōmi to the ho girl korasion, and kai she brought pherō it to ho her autos mother mētēr. 12 · kai John’ s autos disciples mathētēs came proserchomai · ho and took airō the ho corpse ptōma and kai buried thaptō it autos; then kai they went erchomai and told apangellō · ho Jesus Iēsous.

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14 At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist. And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given; 10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

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