Herod Executes John the Baptist

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At that season Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

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and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work 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 said unto 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 birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.

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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

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And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

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And the king was grieved; but for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given;

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and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

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And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.