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At that time news of Jesus came to Herod the king;
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And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.
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For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
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Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.
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And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.
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But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
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So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
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And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.
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And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;