Mark 6:25 - Revised Standard Version CI

²⁵ And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ And she rushed back instantly to the king and requested, saying, I wish you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

Common English Bible

²⁵ Hurrying back to the ruler, she made her request: “I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a plate, right this minute.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ And immediately, when she had entered with haste to the king, she petitioned him, saying: "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

Mark 6:25 Cross References

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Numbers 7:13

and his offering was one silver plate whose weight was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering;

Matthew 3:1

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Mark 6:24

And she went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the baptizer.”

Mark 6:26

And the king was exceedingly sorry; but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.