| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Mr 6:24 | Strong Concordance | And [1161] she went forth [1831], and said [2036] unto her [846] mother [3384], What [5101] shall I ask [154]? And [1161] she said [2036], The head [2776] of John [2491] the Baptist [910]. |
| King James | And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| And she said, The head of John the Baptist--Abandoned women are more shameless and heartless than men. The Baptist's fidelity marred the pleasures of Herodias, and this was too good an opportunity of getting rid of him to let slip. |