And in those days John the Baptist came, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair and with 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.

But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

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 John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?"

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

Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Messiah, he sent [a message] by his disciples

And Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

And as these went their way, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Truly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who 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 suffers 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.'

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the proclaiming of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

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

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

And she, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist."

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of Jonah." He left them, and departed.

They said, "Some say John the Baptist, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

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

and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from man?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

But if we say, 'From man,' we fear the crowd, for all hold John as 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. When you saw it, you did not even repent afterward, that you might believe him.