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For Yochanan said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
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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 whatever she should ask.
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She, being put forward by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of Yochanan the immerser."
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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,
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and he sent and beheaded Yochanan in the prison.
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His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.
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His talmidim came, and took up the body, and buried it; and they went and told Yeshua.
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Now when Yeshua heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a desert place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
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Yeshua went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.