^{2 Ref} and said to his servants, `This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

^{3 Ref} For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

^{4 Ref} for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

^{5 Ref} and, willing to kill him, he feared the multitude, because as a prophet they were holding him.

^{6 Ref} But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

^{7 Ref} whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

^{8 Ref} And she having been instigated by her mother -- `Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

^{9 Ref} and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining with him, he commanded `it' to be given;

^{10 Ref} and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

^{11 Ref} and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought `it' nigh to her mother.

^{12 Ref} And his disciples having come, took up the body, and buried it, and having come, they told Jesus,

^{13 Ref} and Jesus having heard, withdrew thence in a boat to a desolate place by himself, and the multitudes having heard did follow him on land from the cities.

^{14 Ref} And Jesus having come forth, saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion upon them, and did heal their infirm;