Mark 6:25

New American Bible - revised edition

The girl hurried back to the king’s presence and made her request, “I want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Cross References

Proverbs 1:16

[For their feet run to evil, they hasten to shed blood.]

Numbers 7:13

His offering consisted of one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver basin weighing seventy shekels according to the sanctuary shekel, both filled with bran flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Matthew 14:8

Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea

Mark 6:24

She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Mark 6:26

The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he did not wish to break his word to her.

Romans 3:15

Their feet are quick to shed blood;