Matthew 14:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ so much that he promised on oath to grant her whatever she might ask. ⁸ Prompted by her mother, she said, ‘Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.’ ⁹ The king was grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded it to be given;