Mark 6:25-28
6:25 Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: 1 “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
6:26 Although it grieved the king deeply, 2 he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests.
6:27 So 3 the king sent an executioner at once to bring John’s 4 head, and he went and beheaded John in prison.
6:28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
1 tn Grk “she asked, saying.” The participle λέγουσα (legousa) is redundant and has not been translated.
2 tn Grk “and being deeply grieved, the king did not want.”
3 tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.
4 tn Grk “his”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.