³⁷ and they found him and said to him, ^(A)“Everyone is looking for you.”

¹⁹ So the Pharisees said to one another, ^(A)“You see that you are gaining nothing. Look, ^(B)the world has gone after him.”

⁴⁸ If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and ^(A)the Romans will come and take away both our ^(B)place and our nation.”

²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, ^(A)“Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, ^(B)to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and ^(C)all are going to him.”

⁵ And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^(A)confessing their sins.

¹¹ So it was annulled on that day, and the sheep traders, who were watching me, knew that it was the word of the Lord.