But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy supplication has been heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.

And his mother answering said, No; but he shall be called John.

And having asked for a writing-table, he wrote saying, John is his name. And they all wondered.

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

But as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John whether he might be the Christ,

John answered all, saying, I indeed baptise you with water, but the mightier than I is coming, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to unloose; he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

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

and in like manner also on James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt be catching men.

And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

Simon, to whom also he gave the name of Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,

And the disciples of John brought him word concerning all these things:

and John, having called two of his disciples, sent to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

But the men having come to him said, John the baptist has sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is coming, or are we to wait for another?

And Jesus answering said to them, Go, bring back word to John of what ye have seen and heard: that blind see, lame walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf hear, dead are raised, poor are evangelized;

And the messengers of John having departed, he began to speak to the crowds concerning John: What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken by the wind?

for I say unto you, Among them that are born of women a greater prophet is no one than John the baptist; but he who is a little one in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

(And all the people who heard it, and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;

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

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

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things which were done by him, and was in perplexity, because it was said by some that John was risen from among the dead,

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

But they answering said, John the baptist; but others, Elias; and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.

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

And John answering said, Master, we saw some one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbad him, because he follows not with us.

And his disciples James and John seeing it said, Lord, wilt thou that we speak that fire come down from heaven and consume them, as also Elias did?

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

The law and the prophets were until John: from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God are announced, and every one forces his way into it.

The baptism of John, was it of heaven or of men?

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

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