John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

The Baptism of Jesus

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

Jesus Begins His Ministry

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God,

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

Jesus Heals Many

And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder);

The Death of John the Baptist

King Herod heard of it, for Jesus' name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”

But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”

For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he had married her.

For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife.”

And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”

And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison

Anyone Not Against Us Is for Us

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.”

And when the ten heard it, they began to be indignant at James and John.