Mark 6:25

New English Translation

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

Cross References

Proverbs 1:16

for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood.

Numbers 7:13

His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

Matthew 14:8

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

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

Mark 6:24

So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the baptizer.”

Mark 6:26

Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,