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Mark 6:24
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Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
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She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.
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And having gone out, she said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John, the [one] baptizing.”
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Mark 6
22 When the daughter of Herodias came and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests, and the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
24 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
26 The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
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