Mark 6:24

And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I request?” But her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

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In The King James Version

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

In Context

23And he swore to her, “Anything that you request, I will give to you, even up to half my kingdom.”

25And immediately, when she had entered with haste to the king, she petitioned him, saying: “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:8Therefore, now my son, agree to my counsel,

2 Chronicles 22:3But he too went forth in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother impelled him to act impiously.

Psalms 27:2Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy temple.

Psalms 37:14But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.

Ezekiel 19:2and you shall say: Why did your mother, the lioness, recline among the male lions, and raise her little ones in the midst of young lions?

Acts 23:12And when daylight arrived, some of the Jews gathered together and bound themselves with an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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