“What can I say about the people that live today? What are they like? The people today are like children sitting in the market place. One group of children calls to the other group,
Jesus continued teaching. Jesus said, “Be careful of the teachers of the law. They like to walk around wearing clothes that look important. And they love for people to show respect to them in the market places.
It will be bad for you Pharisees because you love to get the most important seats in the synagogues. {\cf2\super [210]} And you love for people to show respect to you in the market places.
The followers answered, “But teacher, those Jews in Judea tried to kill you with stones. That was only a short time ago. Now you want to go back there?”
One night Nicodemus came to Jesus. Nicodemus said, “Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No person can do these miracles {\cf2\super [46]} that you do without God’s help.”
So the followers came to John. They said, “Teacher, remember the man that was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the man you were telling people about. That man is baptizing {\cf2\super [53]} people, and many people are going to him.”