The beheading of St John the Baptist

Saint Mark - Chapter 6

The head of St John in a dish. J-J Tissot

[24] Quae cum exisset, dixit matri suae : Quid petam? At illa dixit : Caput Joannis Baptistae.
Who when she was gone out, said to her mother, What shall I ask? But she said: The head of John the Baptist.

[25] Cumque introisset statim cum festinatione ad regem, petivit dicens : Volo ut protinus des mihi in disco caput Joannis Baptistae.
And when she was come in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying: I will that forthwith thou give me in a dish, the head of John the Baptist.

[26] Et contristatus est rex : propter jusjurandum, et propter simul discumbentes, noluit eam contristare :
And the king was struck sad. Yet because of his oath, and because of them that were with him at table, he would not displease her:

[27] sed misso speculatore praecepit afferri caput ejus in disco. Et decollavit eum in carcere,
But sending an executioner, he commanded that his head should be brought in a dish.

[28] et attulit caput ejus in disco : et dedit illud puellae, et puella dedit matri suae.
And he beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head in a dish: and gave it to the damsel, and the damsel gave it to her mother.

[29] Quo audito, discipuli ejus venerunt, et tulerunt corpus ejus : et posuerunt illud in monumento.
Which his disciples hearing came, and took his body, and laid it in a tomb.

Totus tuus ego sum 

Et omnia mea tua sunt;

Tecum semper tutus sum:
Ad Jesum per Mariam