Matthew 14:1-8 ▼

1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news of Jesus,

2 and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he was raised from the dead! And because of this, the miraculous powers are working in him.”

3 For Herod, having seized John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother.

4 For John was saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

5 And wanting to kill him, he feared the crowd, because they were holding him as a prophet.

6 But the birthday of Herod having come, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst and pleased Herod,

7 whereupon he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she might ask.

8 And having been urged on by her mother, she says, “Give to me here upon a platter the head of John the Baptist.”