(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)<n id="1" />p>

Many<n id="1" /> came to him and began to say, &#8220;John<n id="2" /> performed<n id="3" /> no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man<n id="4" /> was true!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when Jesus<n id="1" /> heard that John had been imprisoned,<n id="2" /> he went into Galilee.

<p class="bodyblock">For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, &#8216;He has a demon!&#8217;<n id="1" />

because John had repeatedly told<n id="1" /> him, &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have her.&#8221;<n id="2" />

But<n id="1" /> his mother replied,<n id="2" /> &#8220;No! He must be named<n id="3" /> John.&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.<n id="1" />

These things happened in Bethany<n id="1" /> across the Jordan River<n id="2" /> where John was baptizing.p>

<p class="bodytext">Again the next day John<n id="1" /> was standing there<n id="2" /> with two of his disciples.

<t /><p class="bodytext">In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness<n id="1" /> of Judea proclaiming,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now when John<n id="1" /> heard in prison about the deeds Christ<n id="2" /> had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">In the wilderness<n id="1" /> John the baptizer<n id="2" /> began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.<n id="3" />

For John had repeatedly told<n id="1" /> Herod, &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have your brother&#8217;s wife.&#8221;<n id="2" />

He<n id="1" /> asked for a writing tablet<n id="2" /> and wrote,<n id="3" /> &#8220;His name is John.&#8221; And they were all amazed.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodyblock">For John the Baptist has come<n id="1" /> eating no bread and drinking no wine,<n id="2" /> and you say, &#8216;He has a demon!&#8217;<n id="3" />

For<n id="1" /> John baptized with water, but you<n id="2" /> will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.&#8221;p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time<n id="1" /> for prayer,<n id="2" /> at three o&#8217;clock in the afternoon.<n id="3" />

Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest&#8217;s family.<n id="1" />

John wore a garment made of camel&#8217;s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">John said to him, &#8220;Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.&#8221;