John

And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judæa, saying,

Now John himself had his raiment of camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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

Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

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

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and see:

And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? a reed shaken with the wind?

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence 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 hath a demon.

and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him.

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

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

And she, being put forward by her mother, saith, Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.

and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

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

Then understood the disciples that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why then did ye not believe him?

But if we shall 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 believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.