"Come to terms with your opponent quickly, while you are yet with him on the way [to the court], to prevent your opponent from handing you over to the judge, and the judge to the jailer, and so you be thrown into prison.

But when John heard, in the prison, what the Christ was doing, he sent by some of his disciples to ask him,

For Herod had apprehended John, shackled him, and thrust him into prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

He sent and beheaded John in prison;

"But he would not; on the contrary he went and threw him into prison until he should pay the debt.

"'I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick, and you visited me; I was in prison, and you came to see me.'

"'When did we see you sick or in prison, and come to see you?'

"I was a stranger, and you took me not in; naked, and you clothed me not; sick, or in prison, and you visited me not.'

"Then will they also answer, 'Master, when did we ever see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you?'