Mark 6:25

Contemporary English Version 1995

The girl hurried back and told Herod, “Here and now on a serving plate I want the head of John the Baptist!”

See the chapter Copy

These people quickly become violent.

They are in a big hurry to commit some crime, perhaps even murder.

Years later, John the Baptist started preaching in the desert of Judea.

But the girl's mother told her to say, “Here on a serving plate I want the head of John the Baptist!”

The girl left and asked her mother, “What do you think I should ask for?” Her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist!”

Herod was very sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests.