And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, in the boat with their father, stitching up their nets; and he said, Come.

Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

Now the names of the twelve are these: The first, Simon, who is named Peter, and Andrew, his brother; James, the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother;

Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist till now, the kingdom of heaven is forcing its way in, and men of force take it.

For all the prophets and the law were in force till John.

For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

Because John had said to him, It is not right for you to have her.

And he would have put him to death, but for his fear of the people, because in their eyes John was a prophet.

And she, at her mother's suggestion, said, Give me here on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And he sent and had John's head cut off in the prison.

And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, his brother, and makes them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves.

Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

And when they came out of the Synagogue, they went into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

And to James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, he gave the second name of Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:

And he did not let anyone come with him, but Peter and James and John, the brother of James.

And king Herod had news of him, because his name was on the lips of all; and he said, John the Baptist has come back from the dead, and for this reason these powers are working in him.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.

For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,

And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and made them go up with him into a high mountain by themselves: and he was changed in form before them:

John said to him, Master, we saw one driving out evil spirits in your name: and we said that he might not, because he is not one of us.

And there came to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying to him, Master, will you give us whatever may be our request?

And hearing this, the ten became very angry with James and John.

The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

And while he was seated on the Mountain of Olives opposite the Temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew said to him privately,

And he took with him Peter and James and John, and grief and great trouble came on him.

But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.

But his mother made answer and said, No, his name is John.

And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.

And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done,

Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.

And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were working with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from this time forward you will be a fisher of men.

And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

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

And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

And when he came to the house he did not let any man go in with him, but only Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and her mother.

Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

And Herod said, I put John to death: but who is this, of whom such stories are given to me? And he had a desire to see him.

And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

And about eight days after he had said these things, he took Peter and John and James with him and went up into the mountain for prayer.

And John, answering, said, Master, we saw a man driving out evil spirits in your name, and we did not let him do it, because he was not one of us.

And when his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, Lord, may we send fire from heaven and put an end to them?

And it came about that he was in prayer in a certain place, and when he came to an end, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, will you give us teaching about prayer, as John did to his disciples?

The law and the prophets were till John: but then came the preaching of the kingdom of God, and everyone makes his way into it by force.

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

But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and make the Passover ready for us, so that we may take it.

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two men who, hearing what John said, went after Jesus.

And he took him to Jesus. Looking at him fixedly Jesus said, You are Simon, the son of John; your name will be Cephas (which is to say, Peter).

Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

For at this time John had not been put into prison.

Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism