Later, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people.
The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.
Jesus and his disciples had been invited too.
John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized,
So they went to John and asked him, “Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he’s baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
So Jesus’ brothers told him, “Leave this place, and go to Judea so that your disciples can see the things that you’re doing.