And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

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

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

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

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

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.