and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River [as they] confessed their sins.

Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River.

[People from] Jerusalem and all over Judea and the region around the Jordan River all went out [to the desert] to [hear] him,

Jesus then came from [the province of] Galilee to be immersed by John in the Jordan River.

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.