Matthew:14:1-12
drb@Matthew:14:1 @At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
drb@Matthew:14:2 @And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
drb@Matthew:14:3 @For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
drb@Matthew:14:4 @For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
drb@Matthew:14:5 @And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
drb@Matthew:14:6 @But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
drb@Matthew:14:7 @Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.
drb@Matthew:14:8 @But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
drb@Matthew:14:9 @And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given.
drb@Matthew:14:10 @And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
drb@Matthew:14:11 @And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.
drb@Matthew:14:12 @And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
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