Matthew 14
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Matthew 14:3-10

3For HerodG2264 had seizedG2902 JohnG2491, and had boundG1210 him and putG659 him in prisonG5438 on accountG1223 of HerodiasG2266 the wifeG1135 of PhilipG5376 his brotherG80.

4For JohnG2491 saidG3004 to him, It is not lawfulG1832 for thee to have her.

5And [while] desiringG2309 to killG615 him, he fearedG5399 the crowdG3793, because they heldG2192 him for a prophetG4396.

6But when Herod's birthdayG1077 was celebrated, the daughterG2364 of HerodiasG2266 dancedG3738 before them, and pleasedG700 HerodG2264;

7whereupon he promised with oathG3727 to giveG1325 her whatsoever she should askG154.

8But she, being set on by her motherG3384, saysG5346, GiveG1325 me hereG5602 upon a dish the headG2776 of JohnG2491 the baptistG910.

9And the kingG935 was grievedG3076; but on accountG1223 of the oathsG3727, and those lying at table with [him], he commandedG2753 [it] to be givenG1325.

10And he sentG3992 and beheadedG607 JohnG2491 in the prisonG5438;

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