John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins.

And John was clothed with camel's hairs and a leather girdle about his loins, and he eat locusts and wild honey,

In those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John;

And after John was delivered up Jesus came into Galilee preaching the good news of God,

And proceeding a little further on he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; and they were in the ship mending the nets;

And going immediately out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John;

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fasted. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, and your disciples fast not?

and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James??nd he gave them the names of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder??18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot,

And he permitted no man to accompany him except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.

And Herod the king, heard [of Jesus], for his name was widely known, and said, John the Baptist has risen from the dead; and on this account the mighty works are performed by him.

But Herod hearing of him, said, This is John whom I beheaded; he has been raised up.

For Herod had sent and taken John, and, put him bound in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

For John said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he preserved him, and hearing him, did many things, and heard him gladly.

And she went out and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And coming in immediately with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I wish you to give me immediately on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And they spoke to him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others still, One of the prophets.

AND after six days Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, and brought them up on a high mountain by themselves alone, and was transfigured before them;

And John spoke to him, saying, Teacher, we saw some one casting out demons in your name, who follows not us, and we forbade him.

And James and John, sons of Zebedee, came to him, saying, Teacher, we wish you to do for us what we will ask of you.

And the ten, hearing this, were displeased with James and John.

The baptism of John; was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

But if we say from men, they feared the people, for all considered John as a prophet indeed.

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, opposite to the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately,

And he took Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed and dejected.