25. So right then the girl went back in to the king. She said to him, “Please give me the head of John the Baptizer. Bring it to me now on a plate.”
26. King Herod was very sad, but he didn’t want to break the promise he had made to her in front of his guests.
27. So he sent a soldier to cut off John’s head and bring it to him. The soldier went and cut off John’s head in the prison.
28. He brought the head back on a plate and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.