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Mark 6:25

Good News Translation (US Version)

The girl hurried back at once to the king and demanded, “I want you to give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!”

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They are quick to hurt and kill;

They can't wait to do something bad. They're always ready to kill.

At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching.

At her mother's suggestion she asked him, “Give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!”

So the girl went out and asked her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.