Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.

Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

The border went out westward at Michmethath on the north. The border turned about eastward to Taanath Shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah.

It went down from Janoah to Ataroth, to Naarah, reached to Jericho, and went out at the Jordan.

then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath to the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Yahweh, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath Hepher.

In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel Beth Maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.

Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

After this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel; the same did very wickedly:

shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn't you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

I also could speak as you do. If your soul were in my soul's place, I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you,

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don't join those who are rebellious:

Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evildoers will not be named forever.

Also the foreigners who join themselves to Yahweh, to minister to him, and to love the name of Yahweh, to be his servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath from profaning it, and holds fast my covenant;

They shall inquire concerning Zion with their faces turned toward it, [saying], Come, and join yourselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant that shall not be forgotten.

and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand.

At the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those who brought her, and he who became the father of her, and he who strengthened her in those times.

Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.

Now the word of Yahweh came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,

But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh. He went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.

Then the mariners were afraid, and every man cried to his god. They threw the cargo that was in the ship into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone down into the innermost parts of the ship, and he was laying down, and was fast asleep.

They all said to each other, "Come, let us cast lots, that we may know who is responsible for this evil that is on us." So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.

So they took up Jonah, and threw him into the sea; and the sea ceased its raging.

Yahweh prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish's belly.

Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

The word of Yahweh came to Jonah the second time, saying,

So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of Yahweh. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, three days' journey across.

Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried out, and said, "In forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!"

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.

It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."

Many nations shall join themselves to Yahweh in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that Yahweh of Armies has sent me to you.

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Now John himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon.'

But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

She, being prompted by her mother, said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer."

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and there will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the prophet Jonah." He left them, and departed.

They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into a high mountain by themselves.

Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'

The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

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

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom of God,

Going on a little further from there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John, his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

Immediately, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

James the son of Zebedee; John, the brother of James, and he surnamed them Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder;

He allowed no one to follow him, except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, "John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him."

But Herod, when he heard this, said, "This is John, whom I beheaded. He has risen from the dead."

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.

For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."

She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, "I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter."

Immediately the king sent out a soldier of his guard, and commanded to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone who doesn't follow us casting out demons in your name; and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow us."

For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came near to him, saying, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we will ask."

When the ten heard it, they began to be indignant towards James and John.

The baptism of John -- was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

If we should say, 'From men'" -- they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

As he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately,

He took with him Peter, James, and John, and began to be greatly troubled and distressed.

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.