25At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."


In Context

22 When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

23 The king said to the girl, "Ask me for anything you want, and I'll give it to you." And he promised her with an oath, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom."

24 She went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.

25 At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

26 The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

27 So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison,

Mark 6:25 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:25And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25And immediately going in with haste to the king, she asked saying, I desire that thou give me directly upon a dish the head of John the baptist.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:25And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou forthwith give me in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25And she came in forthwith with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou shouldst give me, immediately, in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, |I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:25and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:25And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that you give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.