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23 With an oath he promised her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”

24 She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?”

Herodias said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”

25 The girl hurried right back to the king and made her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter right now.”

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