Charles Spurgeon Commentary Matthew 14:11

"And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother." — Matthew 14:11 (ASV)

What a present for a young lady! It was given to the young woman. The girl is not ashamed to lift the dainty dish and bear it to her fiendish mother that she may glut her malice by the sight of the head of her faithful reprover. What a mother and daughter! Two bad women can do a world of mischief. What a fate for such a head! Did it even from the platter charge the foul adulteress with her crime?