John was there baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

And John was dressed in camel's hair and a belt made of leather around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

And it happened that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.

And after John {had been taken into custody}, Jesus went into Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God

And going on a little [farther], he saw James the [son] of Zebedee and his brother John, and they [were] in the boat mending the nets.

And so then he departed from the synagogue [and] came into the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and said to him, "{Why} do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?"

and James the [son] of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, "Sons of Thunder"),

And he did not allow anyone to follow along with him except Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And King Herod heard [it], because his name had become known. And they were saying, "John, the one who baptizes, has been raised from the dead, and because of this these miraculous powers are at work in him."

But [when] Herod heard [it], he said, "John whom I beheaded--this one has been raised!"

For Herod himself had sent [and] arrested John and bound him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not permitted for you to have your brother's wife."

For Herod was afraid of John, [because he] knew him [to be] a righteous and holy man and protected him. And [when he] listened to him, he was greatly perplexed, and [yet] he listened to him gladly.

And she went out [and] said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the baptizer."

And she came in immediately with haste to the king [and] asked, saying, "I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately."

And they told him, saying, "John the Baptist, and others Elijah, and others that [you are] one of the prophets."

And after six days, Jesus took along Peter and James and John, and led them to a high mountain by themselves alone. And he was transfigured before them,

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone expelling demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us."

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him [and] said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask you."

And [when they] heard [this], the ten began to be indignant about James and John.

The baptism of John--was [it] from heaven or from men? Answer me!"

But if we say, 'From men'"--they were afraid of the crowd, because they all looked upon John {as truly a prophet}.

And [as] he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

And he took along Peter and James and John with him, and he began to be distressed and troubled.