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

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" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now Herod<n id="1" /> the tetrarch<n id="2" /> heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed,<n id="3" /> because some people were saying that John<n id="4" /> had been raised from the dead,

<t /><p class="bodytext">John answered,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop<n id="2" /> him because he is not a disciple<n id="3" /> along with us.&#8221;

Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, &#8220;Lord, do you want us <i>to call fire to come down from heaven and consumei><n id="1" /> <i>themi>?&#8221;<n id="2" />

and sent them to Jesus<n id="1" /> to ask,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Are you the one who is to come,<n id="3" /> or should we look for another?&#8221;

When<n id="1" /> the men came to Jesus,<n id="2" /> they said, &#8220;John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,<n id="3" /> &#8216;Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> Jesus<n id="2" /> was praying in a certain place. When<n id="3" /> he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, &#8220;Lord, teach us to pray, just as John<n id="4" /> taught<n id="5" /> his disciples.&#8221;

John answered them all,<n id="1" /> &#8220;I baptize you with water,<n id="2" /> but one more powerful than I am is coming &#8211; I am not worthy<n id="3" /> to untie the strap<n id="4" /> of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.<n id="5" />