5 Bible Verses about Removing Heads

And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

And she came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I desire that thou wilt give me immediately on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

And the king immediately sent one of his guards, and ordered his head to be brought. And he went and beheaded him in the prison,

But Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

And I saw thrones; and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them; and I saw the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony to Jesus, and on account of the word of God, and of all who had not worshipped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark upon their forehead, or upon their hand; and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.