but the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John:

but his mother said, No, but he shall be called John:

And he called for a writing-tablet, and wrote upon it, His name is John: and they all wondered.

and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being high priests, the word of God came unto John the Son of Zacharias in the wilderness:

Now as the people were in suspense, and were all thinking in their hearts concerning John, whether he were the Christ or not,

John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but a mightier than I is coming, whose shoes I am not worthy to untie: He will baptize you with the holy Spirit, and with fire;

added this likewise to all the rest, that he shut up John in prison.

the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Naum, the son of Esli,

the son of Joanna, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zorobabel, the son of Salathiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi,

as were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Be not afraid, from henceforth thou shalt be a captor of men.

And they said unto Him, Why do the disciples of John frequently fast and pray, and likewise those of the pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

(to wit, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

And the disciples of John told him of all these things: so John called two of his disciples to him,

And the men came to Him, and said, John the baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou He that was to come, or are we to expect another?

And Jesus answering said unto them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard: that the blind recover sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them,

When the messengers of John were departed, He began to speak unto the people concerning John, what went ye out into the wilderness to see?

for I tell you that among the sons of men there is not a greater prophet than John the baptist: (though the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he:)

---and all the people that heard him, even the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John;

for John the baptist came neither eating bread, nor drinking wine, and ye say, he hath a demon:

and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who assisted Him with their substance.

And when He came to the house, He suffered none to go in but Peter, and James, and John, and the father and mother of the child.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things that were done by Him; and was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead;

And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? and he wanted to see Him.

They answering said, John the baptist: but others say Elias: and others, that some ancient prophet is risen again.

About eight days after these discourses, He took Peter, and John, and James, and went up to a mountain to pray.

And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he followeth not thee with us.

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, as Elias did?

And as He was praying in a certain retired place, as soon as He had done, one of his disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.

And when the multitudes were gathering thick together He began to say, This is a wicked generation: they demand a sign, but no sign shall be given them, except that of the prophet Jonah:

for as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

The law and the prophets continued until John: from that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every one presseth into it.

Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?

but if we say, Of men, the people will all stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet.

Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare the passover for us, that we may eat of it.

Now it was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, that told these things to the apostles: