Daily Devotional Reading for October 01, 2026


John the Baptist Beheaded

Read Matthew 14:1-12; Mark 6:14-29 then answer the following questions.

  1. Who put John the Baptist into prison? (Matthew 14:3)


  2. Why did Herod not kill John? (Matthew 14:5)


  3. Who danced before Herod on his birthday and pleased him? (Matthew 14:6)


  4. When Herod promised her whatever she wanted, for what did she ask? (Matthew 14:8)


  5. After John was beheaded, who took up his body and buried it? (Matthew 14:12)