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Herod executes John the Baptist after a rash promise made at a birthday party.
King Herod has John the Baptist imprisoned for calling out his unlawful marriage to Herodias. At Herod's birthday banquet, Herodias's daughter dances so well that Herod promises her anything she wants. Coached by her mother, she asks for John's head on a platter. Herod, bound by his oath and his guests' expectations, reluctantly orders the execution.
Matthew
When Everything Falls Apart and the Water Holds
A paranoid ruler kills a prophet, Jesus feeds thousands with almost nothing, and then walks across a storm to reach his friends. This chapter moves from a dark execution to a moment of worship on a wind-swept lake — and Peter steps out of the boat right in the middle of it.
Mark
The Chapter Where Everything Accelerates
Jesus gets rejected by people who've known him his whole life, sends out his disciples for the first time, loses his cousin John in the worst way possible, feeds five thousand people with a kid's lunch, and then walks across a lake. Mark 6 doesn't slow down for a second.
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