◄ Mark 6:28 ►
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Good News Translation
then he brought it on a plate and gave it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.

New Revised Standard Version
brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl. Then the girl gave it to her mother.

Contemporary English Version
The guard put the head on a serving plate and took it to the girl. Then she gave it to her mother.

New American Bible
He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl. The girl in turn gave it to her mother.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Context
The Beheading of John
…27But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish. 28And 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. 29Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.…
Cross References
Matthew 14:8
But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.

Mark 6:27
But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

Mark 6:29
Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6:27
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