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23-24 At this time John the Baptist was not yet in prison. He was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. 25 One day someone began an argument with John’s disciples, telling them that Jesus’ baptism was best.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:25 that Jesus’ baptism was best, literally, “about purification.”

23 Now John(A) also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were coming and being baptized. 24 (This was before John was put in prison.)(B) 25 An argument developed between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.(C)

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