And immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood.
and his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
Now having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.
“Their feet are swift to shed blood,