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Mark 6:25

John

23 And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

24 Then she went out and asked her mother, “What should I request?” And her mother answered, “The head of John the Baptist.”

At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

26 The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

27 So without delay, the king commanded that John’s head be brought in. He sent an executioner, who went and beheaded him in the prison.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
KJV
And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
WEB
She came in immediately with haste to the king and requested, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”
ASV
And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
DARBY
And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
BLB
And having entered immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, “I want that at once you might give to me upon a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
ÅB
Og straks skyndte hun seg inn til kongen og ba ham og sa: Jeg vil at du straks skal gi meg døperen Johannes' hode på et fat.
OTB
Straks skyndte hun seg til kongen og ba: "Jeg vil at du skal gi meg hodet til døperen Johannes på et fat med en gang."
B1930
Og straks skyndte hun sig inn til kongen og bad ham og sa: Jeg vil at du straks skal gi mig døperen Johannes' hode på et fat.

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

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  • Numbers 7:13

    His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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  • Romans 3:15

    “Their feet are swift to shed blood;

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  • Numbers 7:19–89

    The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel and filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

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