For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,

But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

There was a man sent from God, whose name {was} John.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that {cometh} from God only?

And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders,

And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.

But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

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.

Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. {receive: or, take unto himself}

And they held their peace. And he took {him}, and healed him, and let him go;

There was a man sent from God, whose name {was} John.

For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen {it}, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?