¹⁴ But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus.^(A)

God’s Chosen Servant

¹⁵ Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill.^(B)

Jesus Goes to the Festival of Tabernacles

7 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want^[a] to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders^(A) there were looking for a way to kill him.^(B)

⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to take his life.^(A)

⁵⁴ Therefore Jesus no longer moved about publicly among the people of Judea.^(B) Instead he withdrew to a region near the wilderness, to a village called Ephraim, where he stayed with his disciples.