Now in those days came John the baptist preaching in the desert part of Judea,

And this John had his clothes of camels hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him: but John refused Him, saying,

Now when Jesus heard that John was imprisoned, He departed into Galilee:

And going on from thence He saw two other brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets;

Then also come to Him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the pharisees fast much, but thy disciples do not fast?

Now when John heard in prison of the works of Christ,

And Jesus said to them in answer, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:

And as they departed, Jesus took occasion to say to the people concerning John, What went ye out into the desert to see? a reed shaken by the wind?

For I assure you that in the whole human race there hath not risen a greater than John the baptist: though the lest in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he:

and from the days of John the baptist to this time, the kingdom of heaven is as it were forced into, and the most pressing seize upon it with eagerness.

For all the prophets, and the law, did no more than prophesy, till John came:

for John came neither eating nor drinking as others do, and they say, He is beside himself:

and said to his servants, This is John the baptist, he is certainly risen from the dead, and therefore miraculous things are done by him:

for Herod had apprehended 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 thee to have her: and he would have put him to death,

and she, being before instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of John the baptist:

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison,

And they answered, Some say thou art John the Baptist, others Elias, and others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up to a high mountain apart;

Then the disciples understood that He spake to them of John the baptist.

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves saying, If we say, from heaven, He will reply, Why then did ye not believe him?

But if we say, of men, we fear the people, for they all esteem John as a prophet.

for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but publicans and harlots believed him; and though ye saw that, ye did not repent afterwards, to believe him.