²³ Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near ^(A)Salim, because there was much water there. ^(B)And they came and were baptized.

John Preaches to the People^(A)

⁷ Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be baptized by him, ^(B)“Brood^[a] of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

^4 (A)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance ^[a]for the remission of sins. ^5 (B)Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

^5 (A)Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him ^6 (B)and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

^2 (A)And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east. ^(B)His voice was like the sound of many waters; ^(C)and the earth shone with His glory.

⁴ So he passed through the mountains of Ephraim and through the land of ^(A)Shalisha, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them.

Jacob Comes to Canaan

¹⁸ Then Jacob came ^[a]safely to ^(A)the city of ^(B)Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.