New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Matthew 14:9
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Berean Standard Bible
The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
King James Version
And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded [it] to be given [her].
World English Bible
The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
American Standard Version
And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;
Berean Literal Bible
And the king, having been made sorrowful because of the oaths and those reclining with [him], commanded [it] to be given.
READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Matthew 14
7 so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
8 Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
9 The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
10 and sent to have John beheaded in the prison.
11 John’s head was brought in on a platter and presented to the girl, who carried it to her mother.
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