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Matthew 14:6
But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
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Matthew 14:6 in other translations
But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced among them and pleased Herod.
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In context
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.
8 And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the sake of the oath, and of them who sat with him at table, he commanded [it] to be given [her].
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