But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah; for thy prayer was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name John.

And his mother answering said, Not so; but he shall be called John.

And he asked for a writingtablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they all marveled.

when Annas and Caiaphas were highpriests, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

And while the people were in expectation, and all were considering in their hearts concerning John, whether he were the Christ,

John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

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

and so were also James and John the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; henceforth thou shalt catch men.

And they said to him, The disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

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

And the disciples of John told him all these things.

And calling to him two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

And the men came to him and said, John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he that is to come, or are we to look for another?

And he answered and said to them, Go and tell John what ye have seen and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are brought;

And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What have ye gone out into the wilderness to see? the reeds shaken by the wind?

I say to you, Among those born of women there is no greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And all the people when they heard him, and the publicans, acknowledged God as righteous by being baptized with the baptism of John.

For John the Baptist hath come not eating bread, nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a demon.

And going into the house, he suffered no one to go in with him but Peter and John and James, and the father of the maiden, and the mother.

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was taking place, and was perplexed; because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead;

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

And they answering said, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets hath risen.

And it came to pass about eight days after this discourse, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.

And John answering said, Master, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow in our company.

And the disciples James and John, on seeing it, said, Lord, wilt thou have us bid fire come down from heaven, and consume them?

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 taught his disciples.

The Law and the Prophets were till John; from that time the glad tidings of the kingdom of God have been published, and every one is forcing his way into it.

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

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

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