Mark 6:21-23

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²¹ Now an opportune time came on his birthday, when Herod gave a banquet^(A) for his nobles,^(B) military commanders,^(C) and the leading men of Galilee.^{(D) 22} When Herodias’s own daughter^[a] came in and danced,^(E) she pleased Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask me whatever you want, and I’ll give it to you.” ²³ So he swore^(F) oaths^(G) to her: “Whatever you ask me I will give you, up to half my kingdom.”^(H)