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Herodias leans close and speaks quietly to her listening daughter.
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Matthew 14:8

Her Mother’s Request

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Story guide: Herodias prompts her daughter, who then asks Herod for John the Baptizer’s head on a platter.

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8And she, prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”

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