Mark 6:24
New International Version
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

New Living Translation
She went out and asked her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother told her, “Ask for the head of John the Baptist!”

English Standard Version
And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Berean Standard Bible
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Berean Literal Bible
And she having gone out, said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the one baptizing."

King James Bible
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

New King James Version
So she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist!”

New American Standard Bible
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

NASB 1995
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

NASB 1977
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Legacy Standard Bible
And she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

Amplified Bible
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” And Herodias replied, “The head of John the Baptist!”

Christian Standard Bible
She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for? ” “John the Baptist’s head,” she said.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?"” John the Baptist’s head!” she said.

American Standard Version
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But she went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said to her, “The head of Yohannan The Baptizer.”

Contemporary English Version
The girl left and asked her mother, "What do you think I should ask for?" Her mother answered, "The head of John the Baptist!"

Douay-Rheims Bible
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.

English Revised Version
And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So she went out and asked her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "Ask for the head of John the Baptizer."

Good News Translation
So the girl went out and asked her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.

International Standard Version
So she went out and asked her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother replied, "The head of John the Baptist."

Literal Standard Version
And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, “What will I ask for myself?” And she said, “The head of John the Immerser”;

Majority Standard Bible
Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

New American Bible
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the Baptist.”

NET Bible
So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer."

New Revised Standard Version
She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.”

New Heart English Bible
So she went out, and said to her mother, "What should I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

Webster's Bible Translation
And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.

Weymouth New Testament
She at once went out and said to her mother: "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptizer," she replied.

World English Bible
She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”

Young's Literal Translation
And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

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Context
The Beheading of John
23And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!” 24Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.” 25At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”…

Cross References
Matthew 3:1
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Mark 6:23
And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

Mark 6:25
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: "I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."


Treasury of Scripture

And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

said.

Genesis 27:8-11
Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee…

2 Chronicles 22:3,4
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly…

Ezekiel 19:2,3
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions…

The head.

Job 31:31
If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

Psalm 27:2
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Psalm 37:12,14
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth…

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Mark 6
1. Jesus is a prophet without honor in his own country.
7. He gives the twelve power over unclean spirits.
14. Various opinions of Jesus.
16. John the Baptist is imprisoned, beheaded, and buried.
30. The apostles return from preaching.
34. The miracle of five loaves and two fishes.
45. Jesus walks on the sea;
53. and heals all who touch him.














(24) She went forth, and said unto her mother.--This feature in the narrative is peculiar to St. Mark.

Verse 24. - And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? (τί αἰτήσομαι)- according to the best authorities (τί αἰτήσωμαι), What should I ask?

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
Καὶ (Kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

she went out
ἐξελθοῦσα (exelthousa)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1831: To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.

[and] said
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to her
αὐτῆς (autēs)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Feminine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

mother,
μητρὶ (mētri)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3384: A mother. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'.

“What
Τί (Ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

should I ask for?”
αἰτήσωμαι (aitēsōmai)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 154: To ask, request, petition, demand. Of uncertain derivation; to ask.

And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[Herodias] answered,
εἶπεν (eipen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

“The
Τὴν (Tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

head
κεφαλὴν (kephalēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 2776: From the primary kapto; the head, literally or figuratively.

of John
Ἰωάννου (Iōannou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2491: Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites.

the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Baptist.”
Βαπτίζοντος (Baptizontos)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 907: Lit: I dip, submerge, but specifically of ceremonial dipping; I baptize.


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