ylt - Matthew:14:1-12

ylt@Matthew:14:1 @At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

ylt@Matthew:14:2 @and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

ylt@Matthew:14:3 @For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

ylt@Matthew:14:4 @for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

ylt@Matthew:14:5 @and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

ylt@Matthew:14:6 @But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

ylt@Matthew:14:7 @whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

ylt@Matthew:14:8 @And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

ylt@Matthew:14:9 @and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded [it] to be given;

ylt@Matthew:14:10 @and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

ylt@Matthew:14:11 @and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.

ylt@Matthew:14:12 @And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,