Mark 6:24-29

²⁴She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptiser.”

²⁵She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptiser on a platter.”

²⁶The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.

²⁷Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard and commanded to bring John’s head; and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

²⁸and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.

²⁹When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.