Mark 6:24

New Living Translation

She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:5

“Well,” Jonadab said, “I’ll tell you what to do. Go back to bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, ask him to let Tamar come and prepare some food for you. Tell him you’ll feel better if she prepares it as you watch and feeds you with her own hands.”

Job 31:31

“My servants have never said, ‘He let others go hungry.’

Psalm 27:2

When evil people come to devour me, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.

Psalm 37:14

The wicked draw their swords and string their bows to kill the poor and the oppressed, to slaughter those who do right.

Matthew 14:8

At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,

Mark 6:23

He even vowed, “I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

Mark 6:25

So the girl hurried back to the king and told him, “I want the head of John the Baptist, right now, on a tray!”