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On Herod’s birthday the daughter of Herodias danced for the guests and pleased Herod so much
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that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.
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Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
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The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he ordered that her request be granted
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and had John beheaded in the prison.