Mark 6:24

And when she had gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask (for)? And she 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, That whatever thou ask, I shall give (it) to thee, though it be (even) half of my kingdom.

25And when she was come in anon (or at once) with haste to the king, she asked, and said, I will that anon, (or I desire, or I want, at once), (that) thou give to me in a dish the head of John (the) Baptist.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:8Now therefore, my son, assent to my counsels,

2 Chronicles 22:3But he entered by the way of the house of Ahab (or But he went in the ways of the house of Ahab); for his mother compelled him to do evil.

Psalms 27:2The while noisome men nigh on me; for to eat my fleshes. Mine enemies, that troubled me; they were made sick and felled down. (All the while harmful, or dangerous, men come near to me; to eat my flesh. But my enemies, those who trouble me, were made feeble, or weak; they all fell down.)

Psalms 37:14Sinners have drawn out sword; they bent their bow. To deceive a poor man and needy; to strangle rightful men of heart. (The sinners have drawn out their swords; they have bent their bows. Yea, to destroy the poor and the needy; and to kill those with an upright heart.)

Ezekiel 19:2and thou shalt say, Why thy mother, a lioness, lay among lions? In the midst of little lions she nourished her whelps, (and thou shalt say, Thy mother, a lioness, lay among the lions! In the midst of the little lions she nourished, (or brought up), her cubs,)

Acts 23:12And when the day was come, some of the Jews gathered them (selves), and made a vow, and said, that they should neither eat, nor drink, till they slew 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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