23. And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.
24. Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.
25. And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.