Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and immersed more disciples than John

He left Judea and departed again into Galilee.

After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him.

And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was immersing at first, and there He stayed.

Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world. I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where the Jews always meet, and in secret I have said nothing.

For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, make Yourself known to the world.

But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.

However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

And it came to pass, after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal Hazor, which is near Ephraim; and Absalom invited all the king's sons.

And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its daughter- villages, Jeshanah with its daughter-villages, and Ephron with its daughter-villages.