Mark 6:20-32

²⁰for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

²¹And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,

²²and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, 'Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

²³and he sware to her — 'Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee — unto the half of my kingdom.'

²⁴And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

²⁵and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

²⁶And the king — made very sorrowful — because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

²⁷and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,

²⁸and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

²⁹and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

³⁰And the apostles are gathered together unto Jesus, and they told him all, and how many things they did, and how many things they taught,

³¹and he said to them, 'Come ye yourselves apart to a desert place, and rest a little,' for those coming and those going were many, and not even to eat had they opportunity,

³²and they went away to a desert place, in the boat, by themselves.