³⁷ and having found him, they say to him, -- `All do seek thee;'

¹⁹ the Pharisees, therefore, said among themselves, `Ye see that ye do not gain anything, lo, the world did go after him.'

¹¹ and it is broken in that day, and know well do the afflicted of the flock who are observing me, that it `is' a word of Jehovah.

⁵ and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

²⁶ and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

⁴⁸ if we may let him alone thus, all will believe in him; and the Romans will come, and will take away both our place and nation.'