John

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 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 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.'

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 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 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?'

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;