1 At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus,
2 And said vnto his seruants, This is Iohn the Baptist, hee is risen from the dead, and therfore mighty workes doe shew foorth themselues in him.
3 ΒΆ For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
4 For Iohn said vnto him, It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.
5 And when he would haue put him to death, hee feared the multitude, because they counted him as a Prophet.
6 But when Herods birth day was kept, the daughter of Herodias daunced before them, and pleased Herode.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath, to giue her whatsoeuer she would aske.
8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Giue me heere Iohn Baptists head in a charger.
9 And the king was sorie: neuerthelesse for the othes sake, and them which sate with him at meate, he commanded it to be giuen her:
10 And he sent, and beheaded Iohn in the prison.
11 And his head was brought in a charger, and giuen to the Damsell: and she brought it to her mother.
12 And his Disciples came, and took vp the body, and buried it, and went and told Iesus.
Mt 14:1-12
Death of John the Baptist. (1769). Holy Bible: Gospel According to Mark; Authorized King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition. Oxford, England.
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