Mark 6:24

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:5

Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes to see you, ask him to send Tamar, so you can watch her cook something for you. Then she can serve you the food.”

Job 31:31

No one ever went hungry at my house,

Psalm 27:2

Brutal people may attack and try to kill me, but they will stumble. Fierce enemies may attack, but they will fall.

Psalm 37:12

Merciless people make plots against good people and snarl like animals,

Psalm 37:14

The wicked kill with swords and shoot arrows to murder the poor and the needy and all who do right.

Matthew 14:8

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

Matthew 3:1

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

Mark 6:23

I swear that I will give you as much as half of my kingdom, if you want it.”

Mark 6:25

The girl hurried back and told Herod, “Straight away on a dish I want the head of John the Baptist!”