Ever done something really stupid to save face in front of people you are trying to impress? It is not a good idea.

Mark 6:25-26
Immediately she came in with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her.

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