But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.

And his mother having answered, said, No, but he will be called John.

And having asked for a writing tablet, he wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God became in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

And as the people were expectant, and all pondering in their hearts about John, if perhaps he was the Christ,

John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in Holy Spirit and fire,

also added this to them all, he even locked up John in prison.

and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men.

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink.

Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

And the disciples of John informed him about all these things.

And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

And when they came to him, they said, John the immerser has sent us to thee, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?

And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good-new

And after John's messengers departed, he began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God.

For John the immerser has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He has a demon.

And when he came to the house, he did not allow any man to enter in except Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and the mother.

But Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead,

And Herod said, I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.

And having answered, they said, John the immerser, but others, Elijah, and others, that a certain prophet of the ancient men arose.

And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that after taking Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.

And having answered, John said, Master, we saw a certain man casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.

And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?

And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, that when he ceased, a certain man of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good-news, and every man in it is treated aggressively.

The immersion of John, was it from heaven or from men?

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are convinced John is a prophet.

And he sent Peter and John, saying, After departing, prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat.