But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!”

Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John.

John’s baptism – was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.

For John had repeatedly told Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”

But if we say, ‘From people – ’” (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet).

He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed.

John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.

Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.

to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, “sons of thunder”);

He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

So she went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” Her mother said, “The head of John the baptizer.”

Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: “I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

They said, “John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets.”

John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”

Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”