Matthew 3:1
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea, proclaiming:
Matthew 11:11
I tell you, there is none, born of women, greater then John the Baptist. Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 16:14
They said: John the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.
John 1:6-8
God sent a man named John. (Malachi 3:1)
Joshua 14:10
Jehovah has kept me alive, as he said, these forty-five years, even since Jehovah spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness. Now I am this day eighty-five years old.
Joshua 15:61-62
In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
Judges 1:16
The children of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah to the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad to live with the people.
Isaiah 40:3-6
A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for Jehovah. Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:8
Bear fruit worthy of repentance!
Matthew 11:7
When these men left, Jesus spoke to the crowds about John. What did you go into the wilderness to find? Did you look for a reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 14:2-14
He told his servants: This is John the Baptist, raised from the dead. That explains the power working in him.
Matthew 17:12-13
I tell you that Elijah has come. They did not know him and treated him badly as they pleased. They will do the same with the Son of man.
Matthew 21:25-27
Where did the baptism of John come from? Was it from heaven or from men? They talked among themselves. If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not have faith in him?'
Matthew 21:32
John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not regret your sins and did not have faith in him.
Mark 1:3-8
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way of Jehovah (YHWH), make his paths straight. (Isaiah 40:3)
Mark 1:15
Jesus said: The time has come. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news.
Mark 6:16-29
Herod said: It is John whom I beheaded, raised from the dead.
Luke 1:13-17
Have no fear Zechariah, said the angel, for God has heard your prayer. Your wife Elisabeth will have a son and his name will be John.
Luke 1:76
Your child will be called the prophet of the Most High. You will go in advance of Jehovah God to make his ways ready. (Malachi 3:1)
Luke 3:1-20
It was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar. Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea. Herod served as tetrarch of Galilee. Herod's brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.
Luke 7:24
After John's disciples departed he told the crowd about John: What did you go into the wilderness to find? Was it a reed shaken with the wind?
John 1:15-36
John spoke about him and declared: He is the one I said would come after me. He is greater than I am because he lived before me.
John 3:27-36
John answered: A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven.
Acts 1:22
One who was with us from the baptism of John, to the day that he was received up from us must become a witness with us of his resurrection.
Acts 13:24-25
Before Jesus came John preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Acts 19:3-4
Paul asked: What kind of baptism did you get? They replied: It was the baptism John taught.