And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying,

Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be immersed by him.

But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me?

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

And having gone 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 come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but thy disciples fast not?

Now 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 the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye hear and see:

And while those men departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Truly I say to you, among men born of women there has not been raised a greater than John the immerser. Yet the smaller in the kingdom of the heavens is greater than he.

And from the days of John the immerser until now the kingdom of the heavens is treated aggressively, and aggressors seize it.

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 boys, This is John the immerser. He has risen from the dead, and because of this the powers work in him.

For Herod having arrested John, bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

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

And she, having been put forward by her mother, says, Give me here on a platter the head of John the immerser.

And having sent, he beheaded John in the prison.

And they said, Some, John the immerser, others, Elijah, but others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And after six days Jesus takes Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up onto a high mountain in private.

Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them about John the immerser.

The immersion of John, from where was it, from heaven or from men? And they deliberated with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?

But if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.

For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots believed him. And having seen it, ye did not repent afterward to believe him.