World English Bible
Matthew 14:11
“His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.”
Verse in context — Matthew 14
9
The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
10
and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.
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His head was brought on a platter, and given to the young lady: and she brought it to her mother.
12
His disciples came, and took the body, and buried it; and they went and told Jesus.
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Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a deserted place apart. When the multitudes heard it, they followed him on foot from the cities.
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