And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

And having advanced thence, he saw other two brothers, James of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, refitting their nets, and he called them,

Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, 'Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

And of the twelve apostles the names are these: first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James of Zebedee, and John his brother;

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone, declare to John the things that ye hear and see,

And as they are going, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, 'What went ye out to the wilderness to view? -- a reed shaken by the wind?

Verily I say to you, there hath not risen, among those born of women, a greater than John the Baptist, but he who is least in the reign of the heavens is greater than he.

'And, from the days of John the Baptist till now, the reign of the heavens doth suffer violence, and violent men do take it by force,

for all the prophets and the law till John did prophesy,

'For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon;

and said to his servants, 'This is John the Baptist, he did rise from the dead, and because of this the mighty energies are working in him.'

For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

for John was saying to him, 'It is not lawful to thee to have her,'

And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

and having sent, he beheaded John in the prison,

and they said, 'Some, John the Baptist, and others, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.'

And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and John his brother, and doth bring them up to a high mount by themselves,

Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, 'If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

and if we should say, From men, we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet.'

for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him, and the tax-gatherers and the harlots did believe him, and ye, having seen, repented not at last -- to believe him.

John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,

And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,

And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John,

And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, 'Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

and James of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, and he put on them names -- Boanerges, that is, 'Sons of thunder;'

And he did not suffer any one to follow with him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James;

And the king Herod heard, (for his name became public,) and he said -- 'John the Baptist out of the dead was raised, and because of this the mighty powers are working in him.'

And Herod having heard, said -- 'He whom I did behead -- John -- this is he; he was raised out of the dead.'

For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,

for John said to Herod -- 'It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'

for Herod was fearing John, knowing him a man righteous and holy, and was keeping watch over him, and having heard him, was doing many things, and hearing him gladly.

And she, having gone forth, said to her mother, 'What shall I ask for myself?' and she said, 'The head of John the Baptist;'

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

And they answered, 'John the Baptist, and others Elijah, but others one of the prophets.'

And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

And John did answer him, saying, 'Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

And there come near to him James and John, the sons of Zebedee, saying, 'Teacher, we wish that whatever we may ask for ourselves, thou mayest do for us;'

And the ten having heard, began to be much displeased at James and John,

the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

But if we may say, From men,' -- they were fearing the people, for all were holding John that he was indeed a prophet;

And as he is sitting at the mount of the Olives, over-against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, were questioning him by himself,

and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

and the messenger said unto him, 'Fear not, Zacharias, for thy supplication was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name John,

and his mother answering said, 'No, but he shall be called John.'

and having asked for a tablet, he wrote, saying, 'John is his name;' and they did all wonder;

Annas and Caiaphas being chief priests -- there came a word of God unto John the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness,

And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

John answered, saying to all, 'I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

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

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

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

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

And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, 'Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

And having come near to him, the men said, 'John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

And the messengers of John having gone away, he began to say unto the multitudes concerning John: 'What have ye gone forth to the wilderness to look on? a reed by the wind shaken?

for I say to you, a greater prophet, among those born of women, than John the Baptist there is not; but the least in the reign of God is greater than he.'

And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

'For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon;

And having come to the house, he suffered no one to go in, except Peter, and James, and John, and the father of the child, and the mother;

And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things being done by him, and was perplexed, because it was said by certain, that John hath been raised out of the dead;

and Herod said, 'John I did behead, but who is this concerning whom I hear such things?' and he was seeking to see him.

And they answering said, 'John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and others, that a prophet, one of the ancients, was risen;'

And it came to pass, after these words, as it were eight days, that having taken Peter, and John, and James, he went up to the mountain to pray,

And John answering said, 'Master, we saw a certain one in thy name casting forth the demons, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow with us;'

And his disciples James and John having seen, said, 'Sir, wilt thou that we may command fire to come down from the heaven, and to consume them, as also Elijah did?'

And it came to pass, in his being in a certain place praying, as he ceased, a certain one of his disciples said unto him, 'Sir, teach us to pray, as also John taught his disciples.'

the law and the prophets are till John; since then the reign of God is proclaimed good news, and every one doth press into it;

the baptism of John, from heaven was it, or from men?'

and if we may say, From men, all the people will stone us, for they are having been persuaded John to be a prophet.'

and he sent Peter and John, saying, 'Having gone on, prepare to us the passover, that we may eat;'

There came a man -- having been sent from God -- whose name is John,

John doth testify concerning him, and hath cried, saying, 'This was he of whom I said, He who after me is coming, hath come before me, for he was before me;'

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, 'Who art thou?'

John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

on the morrow John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 'Lo, the Lamb of God, who is taking away the sin of the world;

And John testified, saying -- 'I have seen the Spirit coming down, as a dove, out of heaven, and it remained on him;

On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard from John, and followed him;

and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

for John was not yet cast into the prison --

there arose then a question from the disciples of John with some Jews about purifying,

and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,

ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

'But I have the testimony greater than John's, for the works that the Father gave me, that I might finish them, the works themselves that I do, they testify concerning me, that the Father hath sent me.

and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

and many came unto him, and said -- 'John, indeed, did no sign, and all things, as many as John said about this one were true;'