Mark 6:28

New International Version

and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.

Cross References

2 Samuel 4:7

They had gone into the house while he was lying on the bed in his bedroom. After they stabbed and killed him, they cut off his head. Taking it with them, they traveled all night by way of the Arabah.

2 Kings 10:8

When the messenger arrived, he told Jehu, “They have brought the heads of the princes.” Then Jehu ordered, “Put them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate 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 immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,

Mark 6:29

On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.