and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

But if someone loves God, he is known by God.

However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another.

For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention.

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

However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)

Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

and they will come to their senses and escape the devil’s trap where they are held captive to do his will.

For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him.

So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done,

“When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host.

For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day.

But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power.

This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen.

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”