World English Bible
Mark 6:27
“Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,”
Verse in context — Mark 6
25
She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.
26
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
27
Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28
and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the young lady; and the young lady gave it to her mother.
29
When his disciples heard this, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
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