The daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, "What would you like to have? I will give you anything you want."

This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.

So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off;

At that time Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about Jesus.

"He is really John the Baptist, who has come back to life," he told his officials. "That is why he has this power to perform miracles."

It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene,

When Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about all the things that were happening, he was very confused, because some people were saying that John the Baptist had come back to life.

Herod said, "I had John's head cut off; but who is this man I hear these things about?" And he kept trying to see Jesus.

At that same time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, "You must get out of here and go somewhere else, because Herod wants to kill you."

When he learned that Jesus was from the region ruled by Herod, he sent him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

So Herod asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus made no answer.

Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus and treated him with contempt; then they put a fine robe on him and sent him back to Pilate.

And so the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the province of Galilee.

But the man went away and began to spread the news everywhere. Indeed, he talked so much that Jesus could not go into a town publicly. Instead, he stayed out in lonely places, and people came to him from everywhere.

The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and he became so powerful that his fame spread even to Egypt.

In Jerusalem his inventors made equipment for shooting arrows and for throwing large stones from the towers and corners of the city wall. His fame spread everywhere, and he became very powerful because of the help he received from God.

But they left and spread the news about Jesus all over that part of the country.

For not only did the message about the Lord go out from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news about your faith in God has gone everywhere. There is nothing, then, that we need to say.