King James Version (KJV)
Matthew 14:6
“But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.”
Verse in context — Matthew 14
4
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
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And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
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But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
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And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
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