Matthew 14:7
so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
In Context
8Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
Cross References
Esther 5:6And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
Proverbs 16:30He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 14:2-13
The Death of John the Baptist. 1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a… Read the whole commentary →