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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
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Messengers from John the Baptist
When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.
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Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
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The Death of John the Baptist
At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus,
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and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.”
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And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
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Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them of John the Baptist.
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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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.”
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And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
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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.”
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And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.”
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Birth of John the Baptist Foretold
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.
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The Birth of John the Baptist
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son.
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John the Baptist Prepares the Way
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,
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Messengers from John the Baptist
The disciples of John reported all these things to him. And John,
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And when the men had come to him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?’”
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For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’
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And they answered, “John the Baptist. But others say, Elijah, and others, that one of the prophets of old has risen.”
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The Testimony of John the Baptist
And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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John the Baptist Exalts Christ
After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.
