But when[a] Herod’s birthday celebration took place, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst of them and pleased Herod. Therefore he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. And coached by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter!”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 14:6 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“took place”) which is understood as temporal