Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, {tetrarch: or, governor of four provinces}

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

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

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

Then there arose a question between {some} of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.

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.

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

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.

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.