Matthew 14
Reading Matthew chapter 14 in the Webster's Bible, public-domain text from 1833.
Verses 1–10
1 At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
2 And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.
3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put [him] in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
7 Upon which he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask.
8 And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the sake of the oath, and of them who sat with him at table, he commanded [it] to be given [her].
10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
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