Jesus Attended a Wedding While Also in the Wilderness

[YahwehIsTheWay]

But that's just it - M and L are relating different timelines about different events. No where does it say of imply that the events related in John immediately follow the events related in Matthew. A way to iron them out would be:

-Jesus meets JTB and is baptized.  He immediately goes into the wilderness.

-A month and a half later, while JTB is telling his acolytes about the baptism, Jesus shows up and John says, 'Look, everybody - that's the guy!!'

-Jesus wanders about for a few verses and ends up at a wedding.

There are lots of conflicts in the Bible, but this isn't one of them.

Boru

[Out of Character]

OK, that's a good apologetic, I admit. Of course, the real reason is John simply did away with the baptism completely. You notice, as the story grew, JtB took on a more subservient role. 

Mark: He baptizes Jesus then gets out of the way for JC's ministry. 
Matt: He baptizes Jesus after first saying he's unworthy to do so (indeed, why does JC need a baptism at all?)
John: He just acknowledges Jesus. 

Note also how John's Jesus not only had no need to wait for JtB to exit stage left before getting started in his ministry, Jesus opened a rival baptism business and beat John at his own game! 

The story got grander with the telling.