(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) ¹ 

Many ¹  came to him and began to say, “John ²  performed ³  no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man ⁴  was true!”

Now when Jesus ¹  heard that John had been imprisoned, ²  he went into Galilee.

For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’ ¹ 

because John had repeatedly told ¹  him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ² 

But ¹  his mother replied, ²  “No! He must be named ³  John.” ⁴ 

A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. ¹ 

These things happened in Bethany ¹  across the Jordan River ²  where John was baptizing.

Again the next day John ¹  was standing there ²  with two of his disciples.

In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness ¹  of Judea proclaiming,

Now when John ¹  heard in prison about the deeds Christ ²  had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question: ³ 

In the wilderness ¹  John the baptizer ²  began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ³ 

For John had repeatedly told ¹  Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” ² 

He ¹  asked for a writing tablet ²  and wrote, ³  “His name is John.” And they were all amazed. ⁴ 

For John the Baptist has come ¹  eating no bread and drinking no wine, ²  and you say, ‘He has a demon!’ ³ 

For ¹  John baptized with water, but you ²  will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time ¹  for prayer, ²  at three o’clock in the afternoon. ³ 

Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest’s family. ¹ 

John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. ¹ 

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.”