Mark 6:27
“And immediatly the king sent an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison,”
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Mark 6:27 Context
25And she came in straightway with haste, vnto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou giue me by and by in a charger, the head of Iohn the Baptist. 26And the king was exceeding sory, yet for his othes sake, and for their sakes which sate with him, hee would not reiect her. 27And immediatly the king sent an executioner, and commaunded his head to be brought, and he went, and beheaded him in the prison, 28And brought his head in a charger, and gaue it to the damosell, and the damosell gaue it to her mother. 29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and tooke vp his corpse, and laid it in a tombe.
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And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
- King James Version
Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded {him} to bring {back} his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison,
- New American Standard Version (1995)