5. Herod wanted to kill John, but he was afraid of a riot, because all the people believed John was a prophet.
6. But at a birthday party for Herod, Herodias’s daughter performed a dance that greatly pleased him,
7. so he promised with a vow to give her anything she wanted.
8. At her mother’s urging, the girl said, “I want the head of John the Baptist on a tray!”