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Mark 6:27

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And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

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  1. Mark 6:25

    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.

  2. Mark 6:26

    And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

  3. Mark 6:28

    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

  4. Mark 6:29

    And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.