Mark 6:18-24

Worrell(i) 18 For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." 19 And Herodias was holding it against him, and was wishing to kill him; and she could not; 20 for Herod was fearing John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he was preserving him. 21 And, an opportune day having come, when Herod, on his birthday, made a supper for his nobles and for the chief captains, and the chief men of Galilee; 22 and the daughter of Herodias herself coming in and dancing, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and the king said to the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever you wish, and I will give it to you." 23 And he swore to her, "Whatsoever you ask of me, I will give it to you, unto half of my kingdom." 24 And, having gone out, she said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Immerser."