Mark 6:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Proverbs 1:16

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

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 6:24

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

Mark 6:26

The king 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.

Romans 3:15

These people quickly become violent.