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In that time Herod tetrarch, [that is,] prince of the fourth part, heard the fame of Jesus;
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and said to his children, This is John Baptist, he is risen from death, and therefore works of power work in him. [and said to his children, This is John Baptist, he hath risen from dead, and therefore virtues work in him.]
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For Herod had held John, and bound him, and putted him in prison for Herodias [and put him into prison for Herodias], the wife of his brother.
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For John said to him, It is not leaveful to thee to have her.
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And he willing to slay him, dreaded the people; for they had him as a prophet.
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But in the day of Herod's birth, the daughter of Herodias danced in the middle, and pleased Herod.
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Wherefore with an oath he promised to give to her, whatever thing she asked of him.
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And she before-warned of her mother, said, Give thou to me here the head of John Baptist in a dish.
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And the king was sorrowful, but for the oath, and for them that sat together at the meat, he commanded to be given.