John The Baptist

Most certainly I tell you, among those who are born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.

The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, — read the full passage →

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. — read the full passage →

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Many came to him. They said, “John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true.”

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.”

They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”

This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” — read the full passage →

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

He must increase, but I must decrease.

“For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he.”

Jesus answered them, “Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things, — read the full passage →

He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

The beginning of the Good News of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. — read the full passage →

Behold, Elizabeth, your relative, also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. — read the full passage →

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes. — read the full passage →

Now the time that Elizabeth should give birth was fulfilled, and she gave birth to a son. — read the full passage →

King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”

Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from your midst, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, — read the full passage →

For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

The child was growing, and becoming strong in spirit, and was in the desert until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus,

“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”

After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. — read the full passage →

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John. — read the full passage →

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? — read the full passage →

The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God. — read the full passage →

For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →

This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

If we should say, ‘From men’”—they feared the people, for all held John to really be a prophet.

For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, for he had married her.

At that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the report concerning Jesus, — read the full passage →

As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. — read the full passage →

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. — read the full passage →

John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. — read the full passage →

She, being prompted by her mother, said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptizer.”

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. — read the full passage →

But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.

He went out from there. He came into his own country, and his disciples followed him. — read the full passage →

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. — read the full passage →

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

and said to him, “Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?”

I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. — read the full passage →

She went out, and said to her mother, “What shall I ask?” She said, “The head of John the Baptizer.”

for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and kept him safe. When he heard him, he did many things, and he heard him gladly.

Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord, their God. — read the full passage →

They told him, “John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets.”

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you. — read the full passage →

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum. — read the full passage →

There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the priestly division of Abijah. He had a wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

The multitudes asked him, “What then must we do?” — read the full passage →

John was clothed with camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!’”

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! — read the full passage →

When he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. — read the full passage →

When the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?’”

Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, — read the full passage →

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, — read the full passage →

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, — read the full passage →

She came in immediately with haste to the king, and asked, “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptizer on a platter.”

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways, — read the full passage →

Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples — read the full passage →

They answered, “‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again.”

but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn’t recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also suffer by them.”

In those days, when there was a very great multitude, and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to himself, and said to them, — read the full passage →

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. — read the full passage →

He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,