John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

A certain woman, who had an issue of blood for twelve years,

Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.

He began to speak to them in parables. "A man planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a pit for the winepress, built a tower, rented it out to a farmer, and went into another country.

He said to them, "This is my blood of the new covenant, which is poured out for many.

"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'"

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,