28. And brought his head on a platter and handed it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
29. When his disciples learned of it, they came and took [John's] body and laid it in a tomb.
30. The apostles [sent out as missionaries] came back and gathered together to Jesus, and told Him all that they had done and taught.
31. And He said to them, [As for you] come away by yourselves to a deserted place, and rest a while–for many were [continually] coming and going, and they had not even leisure enough to eat.
32. And they went away in a boat to a solitary place by themselves.
33. Now many [people] saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the surrounding towns, and they got there ahead [of those in the boat].