THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - Chapter 14 - Verse 7

Verse 7. He promised with an oath. This was a foolish and wicked oath. To please a wanton girl, the monarch called the eternal God to witness his willingness to give her half his kingdom. It seems also that he was willing to shed the holiest blood it contained. An oath like this it was not lawful to make, and it should have been broken. See Mt 14:9.