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Matthew 14:6

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But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.

Context

3For Herod had arrested John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.
4For John said to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
5When he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she should ask.
8She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”
9The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,

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