Mark 6:28

New American Bible - revised edition

He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:7

and entered the house while Ishbaal was lying asleep in his bedroom. They struck and killed him, and cut off his head. Then, taking the head, they traveled on the Arabah road all night long. The Murder Avenged.

2 Kings 10:8

A messenger came in and told him, “They have brought the heads of the princes.” He said, “Pile them in two heaps at the gate of the city until morning.”

Matthew 14:8

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

Mark 6:27

So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in the prison.

Mark 6:29

When his disciples heard about it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb. The Return of the Twelve.