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Mark 6:26
And the king was exceeding sorry: [yet] for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.
Mark 6:26 · Webster Bible
Mark 6:26 in other translations
And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths and of his dinner guests, he didn’t wish to refuse her.
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In context
23 And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give [it] thee, to the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in forthwith with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou shouldst give me, immediately, in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry: [yet] for his oath's sake, and for their sakes who sat with him, he would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
28 And brought his head in a dish, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard [of it], they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
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