Mark 6:28

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.

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  • Matt 14:5-12
    8 verses
    92%

    5And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

    6But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.

    7So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.

    8And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

    9And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her;

    10And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

    11And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

    12And his disciples came, and took up his body and put it in the earth; and they went and gave Jesus news of what had taken place.

  • Mark 6:22-27
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    88%

    22And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you.

    23And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

    24And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

    25And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

    26And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her.

    27And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

  • Mark 6:29
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    29And when his disciples had news of it, they came and took up his body, and put it in its last resting-place.

  • 2 Kgs 4:19-20
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    19And he said to his father, My head, my head! And the father said to a servant, Take him in to his mother.

    20And he took him in to his mother, and she took him on her knees and kept him there till the middle of the day, when his life went from him.

  • 2 Kgs 9:33-35
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    33And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.

    34And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.

    35And they went out to put her body into the earth, but nothing of her was to be seen, only the bones of her head, and her feet, and parts of her hands.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57And when David was coming back after the destruction of the Philistine, Abner took him to Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • Mark 6:16-17
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    16But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

    17For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

  • 1 Sam 31:9
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    9And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.

  • 1 Chr 10:9-10
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    9And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

    10And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

  • 2 Sam 4:7-8
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    7And when they came into the house, Ish-bosheth was stretched on his bed in his bedroom; and they made an attack on him and put him to death, and, cutting off his head, they took it with them and went by the road through the Arabah all night.

    8And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.

  • 1 Kgs 3:24-25
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    24Then he said, Get me a sword. So they went and put a sword before the king.

    25And the king said, Let the living child be cut in two and one half given to one woman and one to the other.

  • 2 Kgs 11:16
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    16So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the horses, and there she was put to death.

  • 2 Chr 23:15
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    15So they put their hands on her, and she went to the king's house by the doorway of the king's horses; and there she was put to death.

  • 2 Kgs 10:7-8
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    7And when the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and put them to death, all the seventy, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to him at Jezreel.

    8And a man came and said to him, They have come with the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Put them down in two masses at the doorway of the town till the morning.

  • 1 Sam 17:54
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    54And David took the head of the Philistine to Jerusalem, but the metal war-dress and the arms he put in his tent.

  • Acts 12:2
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    2And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

  • 2 Sam 1:10
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    10So I put my foot on him and gave him his death-blow, because I was certain that he would not go on living after his fall: and I took the crown from his head and the band from his arm, and I have them here for my lord.

  • 2 Kgs 6:28-29
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    67%

    28And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.

    29So, boiling my son, we had a meal of him; and on the day after I said to her, Now give your son for our food; but she has put her son in a secret place.

  • 2 Sam 4:12
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    12And David gave orders to his young men and they put them to death, cutting off their hands and their feet and hanging them up by the side of the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and put it in its last resting-place with Abner's body in Hebron.

  • Luke 7:15
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    15And the dead man got up, and words came from his lips. And he gave him to his mother.

  • 1 Kgs 3:27
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    27Then the king made answer and said, Give her the child, and do not put it to death; she is the mother of it.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

  • Ezek 23:10
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    10By these her shame was uncovered: they took her sons and daughters and put her to death with the sword: and she became a cause of wonder to women; for they gave her the punishment which was right.

  • Matt 14:3
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    3For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

  • 2 Sam 14:6
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    6And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

  • Judg 5:27
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    27Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.

  • 1 Sam 15:33
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    33And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.

  • Acts 5:10
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    10And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.

  • Luke 8:55
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    55And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.