He swore to her, “Whatever yoʋ ask me, I will give to yoʋ, up to half of my kingdom.”
So he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask.
And he said to him, “All these things I will give yoʋ, if yoʋ will fall down and worship me.”
So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”