Mark 6:23

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.

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And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me.

Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.

Thou art ensnared with the words of thy mouth, and caught with thy own words.

And the king said: May God do so and so to me, and may he add more, if the head of Eliseus the son of Saphat shall stand on him this day.

And Saul swore unto her by the Lord, saying: As the Lord liveth there shall no evil happen to thee for this thing.

Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.