Add parallel Print Page Options

39 Because of what he said, they tried to catch Jesus again. But he got away from them.

40 He went away again to the other side of the Jordan River. He went to the place where John [the Baptizer] was when he first baptized people. Jesus stayed there for a while.

41 Many people came to him there. They said, `John himself did not do any big work. But everything that John said about this man is true.'

Read full chapter

39 Again they tried to seize him,(A) but he escaped their grasp.(B)

40 Then Jesus went back across the Jordan(C) to the place where John had been baptizing in the early days. There he stayed, 41 and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign,(D) all that John said about this man was true.”(E)

Read full chapter