Verse 24

So she went out and said to her mother,“What should I ask for?” Her mother said,“The head of John the baptizer.”

Referenced Verses

• Gen 27:8-9 : 8 Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you! 9 Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I’ll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them. 10 Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies.” 11 “But Esau my brother is a hairy man,” Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah,“and I have smooth skin!
• 2 Chr 22:3-4 : 3 He followed in the footsteps of Ahab’s dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice. 4 He did evil in the sight of the LORD like Ahab’s dynasty because, after his father’s death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction.
• Job 31:31 : 31 if the members of my household have never said,‘If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job’s meat!’–
• Ps 27:2 : 2 When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.
• Ps 37:12 : 12 Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them.
• Ps 37:14 : 14 Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.
• Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
• Ezek 19:2-3 : 2 and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs. 3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
• Matt 14:8 : 8 Instructed by her mother, she said,“Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
• Acts 23:12-13 : 12 The Plot to Kill Paul When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 13 There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy.