 But the people kept on coming to him from all sides of every quarter. So Jesus, who now can't go back to his hometown, can't be affiliated with his mother, his brothers, at least not in public, or he would be putting their life in jeopardy. Now here it is, he can't even go into a town. He has to just go out to the desert and let the word spread that he's there, and then the people will come to him.