But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

And his mother answered and said: Not so: but he shall be called John.

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

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

While the people were in suspense, and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not,

John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

and in like manner also upon James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: Fear not; from this time forth you shall catch men.

And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?

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

And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

And John called to him two of his disciples, and sent them to Jesus, and said: Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

And the men came to him and said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee, and says, Art thou he that was to come, or must we look for another?

And Jesus answered and said to them: Go and tell John what you have seen and heard; that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them;

And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

For I say to you, Among those born of women, there is no prophet greater than John the Immerser. But the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And all the people, and the publicans that heard him, vindicated God, by being immersed with the immersion of John;

For John the Immerser came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.

And when he came to the house, he permitted no one to go in but Peter and James and John, and the father and the mother of the child.

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

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

They answered and said: John the Immerser; but some, Elijah; and others, that some prophet of ancient times has risen again.

And it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.

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

And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said: Lord, is it thy will that we command fire to come down from heaven and destroy them, even as Elijah did?

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

The law and the prophets were till John. Since that time, the kingdom of God is preached, and every one enters it by force.

Was the immersion of John from heaven, or from men?

But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us; for they believe that John was a prophet.

And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go, make ready the passover for us, that we may eat it.