And his head was brought in a platter, and geuen to the damsell: and [she] brought it to her mother.
For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke: for they are worthie.
And I sawe ye woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus: And when I sawe her, I wondred with great maruayle.
Therefore as truely as I lyue, saith the Lorde God, I wyll prepare thee vnto blood, yea blood shall folowe vpon thee, except thou hate blood, euen blood shall persecute thee
Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence
The bloodthirstie hate the righteous: but the iust seeke his soule
Wrath is a cruell thing, and furiousnesse is a very tempest: but who is able to abide enuie
Cursed be their wrath, for it was shamelesse, and their fiercenesse, for it was cruell: I wyll deuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel
And she, beyng instruct of her mother before, sayde: geue me here Iohn Baptistes head in a platter.
And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the pryson.
And his disciples came, and toke vp his body, and buryed it: and went, and tolde Iesus.