21 "...On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.

22 "When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.   The king asked the girl, 'Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you.'

23 "And he promised her with an oath, 'Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.'

24 "She went out and said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for?' 'The head of [correctly] Yahvhannan the Baptist,' she answered.

25 "At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: 'I want you to give me right now the head of [correctly] Yahvhannan the Baptist on a platter.'

26 "The king was distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

27 "So he immediately sent an executioner with the orders to bring [correctly] Yahvhannan's head.   The man went, beheaded [correctly] Yahvhannan in the prison,

28 "and brought his head on a platter.  He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother."