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Matthew 14:9

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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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  1. Matthew 14:7

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

  2. Matthew 14:8

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

  3. Matthew 14:10

    And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

  4. Matthew 14:11

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

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