“Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.”
Matthew 14:7 (KJV) |
Matthew 14:7
From Matthew 14, in the Book of Matthew (New Testament).
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And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.