Matthew 14:8

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

1 Kings 18:13

Have you not been told, my lord, what I did when Jezebel was murdering the prophets of the Lord—that I hid a hundred of the prophets of the Lord, fifty each in caves, and supplied them with food and water?

1 Kings 18:4

When Jezebel was slaughtering the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets, hid them away by fifties in caves, and supplied them with food and water.

1 Kings 19:2

Jezebel then sent a messenger to Elijah and said, “May the gods do thus to me and more, if by this time tomorrow I have not done with your life what was done to each of them.”

2 Kings 11:1

When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family.

Ezra 1:9

This was the inventory: baskets of goldware, thirty; baskets of silverware, one thousand and twenty-nine;

Proverbs 1:16

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

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, but the upright seek his life.

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;

Numbers 7:19

He presented as his offering 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 14:11

His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.

Matthew 14:7

so much that he swore to give her whatever she might ask for.

Matthew 14:9

The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests who were present, he ordered that it be given,

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 6:25

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.”

Mark 6:28

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