John 4:1-3

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Jesus and a Samaritan Woman

4 The Pharisees [^Ca religious party which strictly observed OT laws and later customs] heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more ·followers [disciples] than John, ² although Jesus himself did not baptize people, but his ·followers [disciples] did. ³ Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard about him, so he left Judea [^Cthe southern region of Israel] and went back to Galilee [^Cthe northern region of Israel; Mark 1:14].