NgokukaMathewu 14:6-13

Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode, kwenzeka ukuba ayithembise ngesifungo ukuyipha lokho engakucela. Yona isifundisiwe ngunina yathi: “Ngiphe lapha ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane uMbhapathizi.” Inkosi yadabuka, kepha ngenxa yezifungo zayo nangenxa yababehlezi nayo ekudleni yayaleza ukuba inikwe, yathuma yamnquma uJohane ikhanda etilongweni. Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa ngoqwembe, lanikwa intombazana; yaliyisa kunina. Kwafika abafundi bakhe, bathabatha isidumbu, basimbela; baya bambikela uJesu. Wathi uJesu esekuzwile lokho, wamuka lapho ngomkhumbi, waya endaweni eyihlane eyedwa. Kepha izixuku zathi sezikuzwile, zamlandela ngezinyawo ziphuma emizini.