Mark 6:17 ¶ For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.
Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
Mark 6:19 Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so;
Mark 6:20 for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him.
Mark 6:21 A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee;
Mark 6:22 and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you."
Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom."
Mark 6:24 And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist."
Mark 6:25 Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."
Mark 6:26 And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.
Mark 6:27 Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,
Mark 6:28 and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
Mark 6:29 When his disciples heard about this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 6:30 ¶ The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught.
Mark 6:31 And He *said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.)
Mark 6:32 They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves.
Mark 6:33The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them.
Mark 6:34 When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.
Mark 6:35 When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and it is already quite late;
Mark 6:36 send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat."