John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,

And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, 'Sons of thunder;'

And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- 'John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

And Herod having heard, said -- 'He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

And they answered, 'John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, 'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,