The Believers Beyond Jordan

⁴⁰ And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place ^(A)where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed. ⁴¹ Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, ^(B)but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.” ⁴² And many believed in Him there.

^32 (A)Remember Lot’s wife. ^33 (B)Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

²² Hurry, escape there. For ^(A)I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”

Therefore ^(B)the name of the city was called ^[a]Zoar.

²³ The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. ²⁴ Then the Lord rained ^(C)brimstone and ^(D)fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. ²⁵ So He ^[b]overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and ^(E)what grew on the ground.

²⁶ But his wife looked back behind him, and she became ^(F)a pillar of salt.