For this G3778 is he, of whom G3739 it is written, G1125 Behold, G2400 I send G649 my messenger G32 before G4253 your face, G4383 which G3739 shall prepare G2680 your way G3598 before G1715 you.

And from the days G2250 of John G2491 the Baptist G910 until G2193 now G737 the kingdom G932 of heaven G3772 suffers G971 violence, G971 and the violent G973 take G726 it by force. G726

And if G1487 you will G2309 receive G1209 it, this G846 is Elias, G2243 which G3588 was for to come. G2064

And Jesus G2424 answered G611 and said G2036 to them, I also G2504 will ask G2065 you one G1520 thing, G3056 which G3739 if G1437 you tell G2036 me, I in like G2504 wise will tell G2046 you by what G4169 authority G1849 I do G4160 these G5023 things.

And they reasoned G3049 with themselves, G1438 saying, G3004 If G1437 we shall say, G2036 From heaven; G3772 he will say, G2046 Why G1302 then G3767 did you not believe G4100 him?

You sent G649 to John, G2491 and he bore G3140 witness G3140 to the truth. G225

He was a burning G2545 and a shining G5316 light: G3088 and you were willing G2309 for a season G5610 to rejoice G21 in his light. G5457

And as John G2491 fulfilled G4137 his course, G1408 he said, G3004 Whom G5101 think G5282 you that I am? G1511 I am G1510 not he. But, behold, G2400 there comes G2064 one after G3326 me, whose G3739 shoes G5266 of his feet G4228 I am G1510 not worthy G514 to loose. G3089

For they that dwell G2730 at G1722 Jerusalem, G2419 and their rulers, G758 because they knew G50 him not, nor G2532 yet the voices G5456 of the prophets G4396 which G3588 are read G314 every G3956 sabbath G4521 day, they have fulfilled G4137 them in condemning G2919 him.

For John G2491 said G3004 to him, It is not lawful G1832 for you to have G2192 her.

But when Herod's G2264 birthday G1077 was kept, G71 the daughter G2364 of Herodias G2266 danced G3738 before G3319 them, and pleased G700 Herod. G2264

And she, being before G4264 instructed G4264 of her mother, G3384 said, G5346 Give G1325 me here G5602 John G2491 Baptist's G910 head G2776 in a charger. G4094

And he sent, G3992 and beheaded G607 John G2491 in the prison. G5438

Others G243 said, G3004 That it is Elias. G2243 And others G243 said, G3004 That it is a prophet, G4396 or G2228 as one G1520 of the prophets. G4396

For Herod G2264 himself G846 had sent G649 forth G1614 and laid hold G2902 on John, G2491 and bound G1210 him in prison G5438 for Herodias' G2266 sake, his brother G80 Philip's G5376 wife: G1135 for he had married G1060 her.

Therefore Herodias G2266 had a quarrel G1758 against him, and would G2309 have killed G615 him; but she could G1410 not:

And when a convenient G2121 day G2250 was come, G1096 that Herod G2264 on his birthday G1077 made G4160 a supper G1173 to his lords, G3175 high G5310 captains, G5506 and chief G4413 estates of Galilee; G1056

And he swore G3660 to her, Whatever G3739 G1437 you shall ask G154 of me, I will give G1325 it you, to the half G2255 of my kingdom. G932

And she came G1525 in straightway G2112 with haste G4710 to the king, G935 and asked, G154 saying, G3004 I will G2309 that you give G1325 me by and by in a charger G4094 the head G2776 of John G2491 the Baptist. G910

And immediately G2112 the king G935 sent G649 an executioner, G4688 and commanded G2004 his head G2776 to be brought: G5342 and he went G565 and beheaded G607 him in the prison, G5438

Surely H403 he has borne H5375 our griefs, H2483 and carried H5445 our sorrows: H4341 yet we did esteem H2803 him stricken, H5060 smitten H5221 of God, H430 and afflicted. H6031

All H3605 we like sheep H6629 have gone H8582 astray; H8582 we have turned H6437 every H376 one H376 to his own way; H1870 and the LORD H3068 has laid H6293 on him the iniquity H5771 of us all. H3605

He was taken H3947 from prison H6115 and from judgment: H4941 and who H4310 shall declare H7878 his generation? H1755 for he was cut H1504 off out of the land H776 of the living: H2416 for the transgression H6588 of my people H5971 was he stricken. H5061

Yet it pleased H2654 the LORD H3068 to bruise H1792 him; he has put him to grief: H2470 when H518 you shall make H7760 his soul H5315 an offering for sin, H817 he shall see H7200 his seed, H2233 he shall prolong H748 his days, H3117 and the pleasure H2656 of the LORD H3068 shall prosper H6743 in his hand. H3027

Therefore H3651 will I divide H2505 him a portion H2506 with the great, H7227 and he shall divide H2505 the spoil H7998 with the strong; H6099 because H8478 H834 he has poured H6168 out his soul H5315 to death: H4194 and he was numbered H4487 with the transgressors; H6586 and he bore H5375 the sin H2399 of many, H7227 and made intercession H6293 for the transgressors. H6586

Saying, G2036 The Son G5207 of man G444 must G1163 suffer G3958 many G4183 things, and be rejected G593 of the elders G4245 and chief G749 priests G749 and scribes, G1122 and be slain, G615 and be raised G1453 the third G5154 day. G2250

For whoever G3739 G302 will G2309 save G4982 his life G5590 shall lose G622 it: but whoever G3739 G302 will lose G622 his life G5590 for my sake, G1752 the same G3778 shall save G4982 it.