24 She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?”She said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
25 She came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter at once.”
26 The king was extremely sorrowful. Yet for the sake of his oath and those who sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 So the king immediately sent an executioner and commanded his head to be brought. He went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. And the girl gave it to her mother.
29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse and laid it in a tomb.
30 The apostles met with Jesus and told him everything, both what they had done and what they had taught.