NgokukaMathewu 14:6-13

Kepha ngosuku lokuzalwa kukaHerode, indodakazi kaHerodiya yasina phambi kwabo, yamjabulisa uHerode, wayeseyethembisa ngokufunga ukuthi uyakuyinika lokho eyakukucela. Kuthe eseyicebisile unina, yathi: “Ngiphe ngoqwembe ikhanda likaJohane, uMbhabhadisi.” Lokho kwayephula umoya inkosi, kepha ngenxa yezifungo eyayizenzile, nangenxa yababehleli nayo esidlweni, yayaleza ukuba inikwe. Yathumela, yamnquma uJohane ikhanda ejele. Ikhanda lakhe lalethwa ngoqwembe, lanikwa intombazane; yayisilinika unina. Kwafika abafundi bakaJohane basithatha isidumbu sakhe, basimbela, base beyobikela uJesu. Kwathi uJesu esekuzwile lokho, wasuka lapho ngesikebhe waya endaweni eyihlane, yedwa. Zithe ukuba izixuku zikuzwe lokho, zamlandela ngezinyawo, ziphuma emizini.