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and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.
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But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,
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whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.
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And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;
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and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded [it] to be given;
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and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,
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and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought [it] nigh to her mother.
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And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,
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and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.
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And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;
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and evening having come, his disciples came to him, saying, `The place is desolate, and the hour hath now past, let away the multitudes that, having gone to the villages, they may buy to themselves food.'