Mat 3:5-6, 14:5, Mar 6:20 | ESV | STEP | Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him ,

Matthew 3:5-6

5 Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, 6 and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^aconfessing their sins.

Matthew 14:5

5 And though he wanted to put him to death, ^bhe feared the people, because they held him to be ^ca prophet.

Mark 6:20

20 for Herod ^dfeared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he ^eheard him gladly.