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.
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