24. She left the banquet hall and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" "John the Baptist’s head," Herodias replied.
25. Hurrying back to the ruler, she made her request: "I want you to give me John the Baptist’s head on a plate, right this minute."
26. Although the king was upset, because of his solemn pledge and his guests, he didn’t want to refuse her.
27. So he ordered a guard to bring John’s head. The guard went to the prison, cut off John’s head,
28. brought his head on a plate, and gave it to the young woman, and she gave it to her mother.
29. When John’s disciples heard what had happened, they came and took his dead body and laid it in a tomb.