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Matthew 14:8

John

6 But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.

7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.

9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.

10 And he sent, and beheaded John 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
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
KJV
And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.
WEB
She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
ASV
And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.
DARBY
But she, being set on by her mother, says, Give me here upon a dish the head of John the baptist.
BLB
And having been urged on by her mother, she says, “Give to me here upon a platter the head of John the Baptist.”
ÅB
Men etter sin mors råd sa hun: «Gi meg døperen Johannes' hode på et fat!»
OTB
Oppmuntret av sin mor, sa hun: "Gi meg her på et fat hodet til Johannes Døperen."
B1930
Men hun sa efter sin mors råd: Gi mig hit døperen Johannes' hode på et fat!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 29:10

    The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

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  • Mark 6:24

    And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

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  • 1 Kings 18:13

    Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

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  • 2 Chronicles 22:2–3

    Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri.

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  • 2 Kings 11:1

    And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

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  • 1 Kings 18:4

    For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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  • 1 Kings 19:2

    Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

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  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.

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