Matthew 14:6 YLT

⁴  for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

⁵  and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

⁶  But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

⁷  whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

⁸  And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;