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At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,
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and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.
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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.