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Mark 6:25

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

So right then the girl went back in to the king. She said to him, “Please give me the head of John the Baptizer. Bring it to me now on a plate.”

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“They are always ready to kill someone.

They run to do something evil, and they cannot wait to kill someone.

When it was the right time, John the Baptizer began telling people a message from God. This was out in the desert area of Judea.

Herodias told her daughter what to ask for. So she said to Herod, “Give me the head of John the Baptizer here on this plate.”

The girl went to her mother and asked, “What should I ask King Herod to give me?” Her mother answered, “Ask for the head of John the Baptizer.”

King Herod was very sad, but he didn’t want to break the promise he had made to her in front of his guests.