So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee.

For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

because John had repeatedly told him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

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

Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

Jesus answered them, “Go tell John what you hear and see:

They answered, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

But if we say, ‘From people,’ we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet.”

Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it.

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,

Instructed by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain.

Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.

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