In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
Now John wore a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.
And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and he called them.
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples
And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John,
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon.’
and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,
because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”
Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
He sent and had John beheaded in the prison,
And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?” And they discussed it among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
But if we say, ‘From man,’ we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him.
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,
And going on a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, who were in their boat mending the nets.
And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”
James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);
And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James.
King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.
For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.”
for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
And she came in immediately 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 immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison
And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,
John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.”
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.”
And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.
Was the baptism of John from heaven or from man? Answer me.”
But shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.
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