And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.
And his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.