Wherefore he promised with an oath, that he would give her whatsoever she would ask.

And she being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a platter.

And the king was sorry: nevertheless, because of the oath, and them that sat with him at the table, he commanded it to be given her,

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that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted

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