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.”
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,
So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
Although the king was very sad, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to reject her.
“Their feet are swift to shed blood.