12. The apostles left and went to other places. They talked to the people and told them to change their hearts and lives.
13. They forced many demons out of people and put olive oil on many who were sick and healed them.
14. King Herod heard about Jesus, because Jesus was now famous. Some people said, “He is John the Baptizer. He must have risen from death, and that is why he can do these miracles.”
15. Other people said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet. He is like the prophets who lived long ago.”
16. Herod heard these things about Jesus. He said, “I killed John by cutting off his head. Now he has been raised from death!”
17. Herod himself had ordered his soldiers to arrest John and put him in prison. Herod did this to please his wife Herodias. She had been married to Herod’s brother Philip, but then Herod married her.