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

And this John had his clothes of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

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

AND when he heard that John was delivered up, he departed to Galilee;

And going forward thence, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the ship 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 much, but your disciples fast not?

And 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;

AND John hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending by his disciples,

And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you see and hear;

And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon;

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised from the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by him.

For Herod having seized John, had bound him, and put him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

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

and she, having been put forward by her mother, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And he sent and beheaded John in the prison;

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

AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

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

Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say to us, Why did you not believe him?

But if we say from men, we fear the multitude, for all regard John as a prophet.

For John came to you in a way of righteousness, and you believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and when you saw this, you did not afterwards repent, that you might believe him.