John the baptizer appeared in the desert, and preached repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins.

John's clothing was made of hair cloth, and the belt around his waist was leather, and he lived on dried locusts and wild honey.

It was in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

After John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the good news from God,

He went on a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; they too were in their boat putting their nets in order.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the house of Simon and Andrew.

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were keeping a fast. And people came and asked him, "Why is it that when John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are keeping the fast, yours are not keeping it?"

James the son of Zebedee, and John, James's brother (he named them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder),

He let no one go with him but Peter, James, and James's brother John.

King Herod heard of him, for his name was now well known, and people were saying that John the baptizer had risen from the dead, and that that was why he was endowed with these extraordinary powers.

But when Herod heard of him he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead."

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

John said to Herod, "It is not right for you to be living with your brother's wife."

for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.

When she had left the room she said to her mother, "What shall I ask him for?" But she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

And she hurried back at once to the king and asked him for it, saying, "I want you right away to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter."

and he immediately sent one of his guard with orders to get John's head.

They said to him, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah, and others that you are one of the prophets."

Six days after this Jesus took Peter, James, and John with him, and led them up on a high mountain, off by themselves. And his appearance underwent a change in their presence,

John said to him, "Master, we saw a man driving out demons with your name, and we told him not to do so, for he was not one of our followers."

And Zebedee's two sons, James and John, came up to him and said, "Master, we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

When the other ten heard of this they were at first very indignant at James and John.

Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me."

Yet can we say, 'It was from men'?" For they were afraid of the people, because all the people thought John was really a prophet.

As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him, apart from the others,

And he took Peter, James, and John along with him, and he began to feel distress and dread,