personages of Galilee; (22)and
the daughter of this Herodias coming in, and dancing, and delighting
Herod, and his company, the king said to the damsel, Ask me whatsoever
thou wilt, and I will give it thee. (23)And he swore unto her, That
whatsoever thou shalt ask, I will give thee, even to the half of my
kingdom. (24)Then she went out and said to her mother, What shall I
ask? and she said, The head of John the Baptist. (25)And she came in
immediately with eagerness to the king, and asked, saying, I desire
that thou wilt give me on the spot, in a charger, the head of John the
Baptist. (26)And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet on account of his
oath, and those who sat with him, he would not refuse her. (27)And the
king immediately sending a centinel, commanded his head to be brought
thither: and he went, and beheaded him in the prison, (28)and brought
his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave
it to her mother. (29)And when his disciples heard it, they came and
took up his corpse, and laid it in a sepulchre.

(30)And the disciples came together unto Jesus, and told him all
things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. (31)And he
said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and
repose a little while: for there were multitudes coming and going, so
that they had not even time to eat. (32)And they went into a desert
place in a vessel privately. (33)And the multitudes observed them going
off, and many knew him, and ran thither on foot out of all the cities,
and got before them, and came together unto him. (34)And Jesus, when he
landed, saw a vast multitude, and was moved with companion towards
them, for they were as sheep having no shepherd: and he began to teach
them many things. (35)And when great part of the day was already gone,
his disciples coming to him said, This is a desert place, and much of
the day is already gone: (36)send them away, that they may go into the
country places and villages around, and buy themselves bread; for they
have nothing to eat. (37)But he answering said unto them, Give ye them
to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy the value of two
hundred denarii, in loaves, and give them to eat? (38)But he said to
them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they
said, Five, and two fishes. (39)And he commanded them to seat them all
by companies on the green grass: (40)and they lay along row against
row, a hundred deep