Christmas Plan

²²After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

²³Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized—

²⁴for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

²⁵Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purification.

²⁶And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.”

³The voice of one calling out, “Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God.