{"reference":"Matthew 14:3-12","verses":[{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":3,"text":"For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put\nhim\n in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":4,"text":"For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":5,"text":"And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":6,"text":"But when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":7,"text":"Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":8,"text":"And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":9,"text":"And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded\nit to be given\nher.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":10,"text":"And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":11,"text":"And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought\nit to her mother.\n"},{"book_id":"MAT","book_name":"Matthew","chapter":14,"verse":12,"text":"And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.\n"}],"text":"For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put\nhim\n in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.\nFor John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.\nAnd when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.\nBut when Herod’s birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.\nWhereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.\nAnd she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger.\nAnd the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded\nit to be given\nher.\nAnd he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.\nAnd his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought\nit to her mother.\nAnd his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.\n","translation_id":"kjv","translation_name":"King James Version","translation_note":"Public Domain"}