18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;`
19and Herodias was having a quarrel with him, and was willing to kill him, and was not able,
20for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.
21And a seasonable day having come, when Herod on his birthday was making a supper to his great men, and to the chiefs of thousands, and to the first men of Galilee,
22and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,`
23and he sware to her -- `Whatever thou mayest ask me, I will give to thee -- unto the half of my kingdom.`
24And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, `What shall I ask for myself?` and she said, `The head of John the Baptist;`
