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And after being prompted by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter."

He sent word and had John beheaded in the prison.

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard about this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or one of the other prophets."

Six days later, Jesus took with Him Peter and James, and his brother John, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist.

"The baptism of John was from what source: from heaven or from men?" And they began considering the implications among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?'

"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet."

"For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even have second thoughts afterward so as to believe him.

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.

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

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

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

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

James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder");

And He allowed no one to accompany Him except Peter, James, and John the brother of James.

And King Herod heard about it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him."

But when Herod heard about it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!"

For Herod himself had sent men and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her.