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But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
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And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John.
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And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
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Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
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John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
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And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
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And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
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Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
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And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
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And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
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When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?
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Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
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And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
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For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
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For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
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And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.
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Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead;
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And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
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They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
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And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
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And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us.
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And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?