In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee.

And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets: and he called them.

Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which ye hear and see:

And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed shaken with the wind?

Verily, I say to you, among them that are born of women, there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is least in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist, until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth 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 hath a demon.

But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.

And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he hath risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

For John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here the head of John the Baptist in a dish.

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.

A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign; and there shall no sign been to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed.

And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them upon a high mountain apart.

Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them concerning John the Baptist.

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, if we shall say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?

But if we shall say, From men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.