And when the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want, and I will give it to you."

And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."

So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

And as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

And when Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And after that no one dared to ask him any question.

And the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to do as he had always done for them.