Matthew 14:5-10

Worsley(i) 5 but that he was afraid of the people; for they esteemed him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod, so 7 that he promised her with an oath to give her whatever she would ask: 8 and she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of John the baptist: 9 at which the king was distressed, but because of his oath, and of those who sat at table with him, he ordered it to be given her; 10 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison,