Quotes about John
Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,
— Matthew 4:21
At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
— Matthew 9:14
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
— Matthew 10:2
Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples
— Matthew 11:2
Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:
— Matthew 11:4
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
— Matthew 11:7
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
— Matthew 11:11
From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.
— Matthew 11:12
For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
— Matthew 11:13
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
— Matthew 11:18
and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
— Matthew 14:2
Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife,
— Matthew 14:3