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For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
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For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
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And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.
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And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
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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;
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and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
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And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
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And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.
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Now when Jesus heard [it], he withdrew from thence in a boat, to a desert place apart: and when the multitudes heard [thereof,] they followed him on foot from the cities.