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."

Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter."

And the king was exceedingly sorry; but, because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

From there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house, and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not be hidden.

Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and he did not want anyone to know it.

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

And he said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

But it shall not be so among you. But whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

and whoever wants to be first among you must be slave of all.

And Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" And the blind man said to him, "Master, let me receive my sight."

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?"

But Pilate answered them, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"