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Matthew 14:7

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

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  1. Matthew 14:5

    And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

  2. Matthew 14:6

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

  3. Matthew 14:8

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

  4. Matthew 14:9

    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.

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