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In that season, heard Herod the tetrarch, the fame of Jesus:

and he said unto his servants - This, is John the Immerser, - he hath arisen from the dead, for this cause, are the powers working mightily within him.

For, Herod, seizing John, had bound him, and, in prison, put him away, - because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother;

for John had been saying to him, It is not allowed thee, to have her.

And desiring, to kill, him, he feared the multitude, because, as a prophet, they held him.

But, a birthday feast of Herod taking place, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod;

wherefore, with an oath, he promised to give her, whatsoever she should ask for herself;

and, she, being led on by her mother, - Give me (saith she) here, upon a charger, the head of John the Immerser.

And the king, though grieved, yet, because of the oaths and the guests, ordered it to be given;

and sent and beheaded John in the prison.

And his head was brought upon a charger, and given unto the maiden, and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples, going near, bare away the corpse, and buried him, and came and brought tidings unto Jesus.