Matthew 14:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The king was sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests. So he ordered a guard

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 5:2

Don't talk before you think or make promises to God without thinking them through. God is in heaven, and you are on earth, so don't talk too much.

Matthew 14:1

About this time Herod the ruler heard the news about Jesus

Matthew 14:10

to go to the prison and cut off John's head.

Matthew 14:5

Herod wanted to kill John. But the people thought John was a prophet, and Herod was afraid of what they might do.

Matthew 14:8

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

Mark 6:14

Jesus became so well known that Herod the ruler heard about him. Some people thought he was John the Baptist, who had come back to life with the power to perform miracles.

Mark 6:20

because Herod was afraid of John and protected him. He knew that John was a good and holy man. Even though Herod was confused by what John said, he was glad to listen to him. And he often did.

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.

Luke 13:32

Jesus said to them: Go and tell that fox, “I am going to force out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and three days later I'll have finished.”

Judges 11:39

Then she went back to her father. He did what he had promised, and she never got married. That's why

Judges 21:1

When the Israelites had met at Mizpah before the war with Benjamin, they had made this sacred promise: “None of us will ever let our daughters marry any man from Benjamin.”

1 Samuel 14:28

Then a soldier told him, “Your father swore that anyone who ate food today would be put under a curse, and we agreed not to eat. That's why we're so weak.”

1 Samuel 25:22

I swear that by morning, there won't be a man or boy left from his family or his servants' families. I pray that God will punish me if I don't do it!”

1 Samuel 28:10

Saul replied, “I swear by the living LORD that nothing will happen to you because of this.”