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At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
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And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves 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 had said to 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 birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
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Upon which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
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And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish.
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And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the sake of the oath, and of them who sat with him at table, he commanded [it] to be given [her].
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And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
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And his head was brought in a dish, and given to the damsel: and she brought [it] to her mother.
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And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.