6:23. And he swore to her: Whatsoever thou shalt ask I will give thee, though it be the half of my kingdom.
6:24. Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But her mother said: The head of John the Baptist.
6:25. And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.
6:26. And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:
6:27. But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.
6:28. And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave to the damsel, and the damsel gave it her mother.
6:29. Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.
6:30. And the apostles coming together unto Jesus, related to him all things that they had done and taught.
6:31. And he said to them: Come apart into a desert place, and rest a little. For there were many coming and going: and they had not so much as time to eat.
6:32. And going up into a ship, they went into a desert place apart.