Mark 6:26

Weymouth NT

Then the King, though intensely sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths, and of his guests, would not break faith with her.

Cross References

Matthew 14:9

The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her,

Mark 6:25

The girl immediately came in, in haste, to the King and made her request. »My desire is,« she said, »that you will give me, here and now, on a dish, the head of John the Baptist.«

Mark 6:27

He at once sent a soldier of his guard with orders to bring John's head. So he went and beheaded him in the prison,