21 And a suitable day came when Herod, on his birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers and military tribunes and the most prominent men of Galilee. 22 And when[a] the daughter of Herodias herself[b] came in and danced and pleased[c] Herod and his dinner guests,[d] the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it[e] to you.” 23 And he swore to her,[f] “Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 6:22 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“came in”)
  2. Mark 6:22 In place of “the daughter of Herodias herself” some manuscripts have “his daughter Herodias”
  3. Mark 6:22 Some manuscripts have “danced, she pleased”
  4. Mark 6:22 Literally “those reclining at table with him
  5. Mark 6:22 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  6. Mark 6:23 Some manuscripts add “at length”