So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
He swore to her, “Whatever yoʋ ask me, I will give to yoʋ, up to half of my kingdom.”
Immediately the girl came in with haste to the king and made her request, saying, “I want yoʋ to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”