Herod Executes John the Baptist

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At that time Herod the Tetrarche heard of the fame of Iesus,

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And sayde vnto his seruaunts, This is that Iohn Baptist, hee is risen againe from the deade, and therefore great woorkes are wrought by him.

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For Herod had taken Iohn, and bounde him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.

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For Iohn saide vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.

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And when hee woulde haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.

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But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herod.

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Wherefore he promised with an othe, that he would giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.

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And shee being before instructed of her mother, sayde, Giue mee here Iohn Baptists head in a platter.

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And the King was sorie: neuerthelesse because of the othe, and them that sate with him at the table, he commanded it to be giuen her,

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And sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.

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And his head was brought in a platter, and giuen to the maide, and shee brought it vnto her mother.

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And his disciples came, and tooke vp the bodie, and buried it, and went, and tolde Iesus.