Mark 6:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Immediately she rushed back to the king and requested, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

Cross References

Romans 3:15

“Their feet are swift to shed blood;

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.

Numbers 7:13

his offering was one silver plate weighing one hundred thirty shekels, one silver basin weighing seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of choice flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

Matthew 3:1

In those days John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming,

Matthew 14:8

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

Mark 6:24

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

Mark 6:26

The king was deeply grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he did not want to refuse her.