But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."

He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." They all marveled.

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

As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

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

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

and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."

They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"

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

The disciples of John told him about all these things.

John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which 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 up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

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

When he came to the house, he didn't allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.

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

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

They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

It happened about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up onto the mountain to pray.

John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."

When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"

It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."

The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone 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."

He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."