Mark 6:18-24

Bishops(i) 18 For Iohn sayde vnto Herode: It is not lawful for thee to haue thy brothers wyfe 19 Therefore Herodias layde wayte for hym, and woulde haue kylled hym: but she coulde not 20 For Herode feared Iohn, knowyng that he was a iuste man and an holye, and gaue hym reuerence: and when he hearde hym, he dyd many thynges, and hearde hym gladly 21 And whe a conuenient day was come, that Herode on his birth daye made a supper to the lordes, hye captaynes, and chiefe estates of Galilee 22 And when the daughter of the same Herodias came in, and daunced, and pleased Herode, and them that sate at boorde also, the kyng said vnto the damsell: Aske of me what thou wylt, and I wyll geue it thee 23 And he sware vnto her: Whatsoeuer thou shalt aske of me, I wyll geue it thee, euen vnto the one halfe of my kingdome 24 And she went foorth, & sayde vnto her mother: What shall I aske? She saide, Iohn Baptistes head