¹² His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”^(A)

²⁰ Herod added this to everything else—he locked up John in prison.^(A)

Herod’s Desire to See Jesus

⁷ Herod the tetrarch^(A) heard about everything that was going on.^(B) He was perplexed, because some said that John had been raised from the dead, ⁸ some that Elijah had appeared,^(C) and others that one of the ancient prophets had risen.^{(D) 9} “I beheaded John,” Herod said, “but who is this I hear such things about?” And he wanted to see him.^(E)

²⁴ since John had not yet been thrown into prison.^(A)