Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.