Matthew 14:8-11

8Herodias suggested to her daughter, ‘Ask Herod to give you John's head.’ So the girl said to Herod, ‘Give me the head of John the Baptist on a plate.’

9Then Herod felt sad. But he had made a special promise to the girl, and his visitors had heard him. So he sent his men to do what she had asked for.

10He said to a soldier, ‘Go to the prison and cut off John's head.’

11The soldier did this. Then he brought the head on a plate and he gave it to the girl. The girl took it and gave it to her mother.