Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than Yochanan the Immerser: notwithstanding he that is least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Beginning from the immersion of Yochanan, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
And when the messengers of Yochanan were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning Yochanan, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
And as they departed, Y'shuw`a began to say unto the multitudes concerning Yochanan, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
For Yochanan 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.
And the children of the Keni, Moshe' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Yhudah into the wilderness of Yhudah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.
And now, behold, YY hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since YY spake this word unto Moshe, while the children of Yisrael wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.