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Matthew 14:6
“But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.”
Verse in context — Matthew 14
4
For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her.
5
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 came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
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Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
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She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.
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