But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will call his name John.

But his mother answered and said, “No, but he shall be called John.”

And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, “His name is John.” And they all marveled.

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.

Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were reasoning in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,

John answered, saying to them all, “As for me, I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the strap of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison.

and James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon, were also likewise amazed. And Jesus said to Simon, “Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men.”

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do likewise, but Yours eat and drink.”

Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew;

And the disciples of John reported to him about all these things.

Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?”

When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

And when the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?

I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

And when all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God’s justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and the scholars of the Law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

So when He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl’s father and mother.

Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,

And Herod said, “I myself had John beheaded, but who is this man about whom I hear such things?” And he kept trying to see Him.

And they answered and said, “John the Baptist, and others say Elijah, but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again.”

Now it happened some eight days after these words, that taking along Peter and John and James, He went up on the mountain to pray.

And John answered and said, “Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to hinder him because he does not follow along with us.”

And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?”

And it happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples.”

“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since that time the good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is forcing his way into it.

Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?”

But if we say, ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.”

And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it.”