Matthew 14:7-12 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

7. so much that he swore to give her whatever she wanted.

8. But the girl's mother told her to say, “Here on a dish I want the head of John the Baptist!”

9. The king was sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests. So he ordered a guard

10. to go to the prison and cut off John's head.

11. It was taken on a dish to the girl, and she gave it to her mother.

12. John's followers took his body and buried it. Then they told Jesus what had happened.

Matthew 14