As a result, Jesus no longer moved around openly among the people of Judea. Instead, he went away to an area near the desert, to a village called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
After this, Jesus traveled around in Galilee. He didn’t want to travel around in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.
The disciples came to John and said, “Rabbi, everyone is going to that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River. You were a witness about who he was, and now he’s here baptizing people.”