St.+John+the+Baptist

** - When he was thirty, he began to prech the banks of Jordan. **
===** - John callen men to penance and baptism "for the kingdom of Heaven is close to hand! I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord!" He started to attract crowds of people and when Christ came to him, John reconized Him as the messiah and baptized Him saying "It is I who need baptism from You" When Christ left to preach in Galilee, John still continued to prech in Jordan. **===

** - John was arrested because he reproved Herod for divorcing his wife, and unlawfully taking Herodias, the wife of his brother Herod Philip |. **
===** - When Herods birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and she pleased Herod so much that he promised on oath to grant her whatever she might ask. Promoted by her mother, she said 'Give me the head of John the baptist here on a platter' The king was grieved, yet out of regaurd for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded it to be given, he sent and had John beheaded in the prison. His head was brought in on a platter and given to the girl, who carried it to her mother. John's disiples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. Matthew 14: 6-12 **===

** Amen. **
[] = LEGACY = = - Now many people and churches and also schools have been named after him = = =

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