20Everyone who does what is evil hates the one who is like a light, and they will not come to the one who is like a light, because it would be shown { the one who is like a light would show} that their deeds are evil, and he would rebuke them.
21But those who live according to God's truth come to the one who is like a light, in order that it may be seen clearly {that people may see clearly} that the things they have done, they did them because they have depended on God.
22Some time later Jesus and we disciples went to Judea district. He stayed with us there and directed us as we baptized people.
23John the Baptizer was also baptizing people. He was doing that at Aenon village near Salim town in Samaria district, because there were many springs in that area. Many people kept coming to John and were being baptized {he was baptizing them}.
24That happened before John was put {they put John} in prison.
25Then some of John's disciples and a certain Jew started arguing about the Jewish rituals of washing things to make them acceptable to God.
26Then those disciples went to John and said to him, “Teacher, do you remember the man who was with you when you were baptizing people on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling us about. Well, now he is baptizing people, and many people are going to him instead of coming to us!”
27John replied, “A person can become important only if God MTY permits it. So we should not be jealous about Jesus being popular!
28You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not ◄the Messiah/God's promised king►. Instead, I told you that I was sent {that God sent me} to prepare the way for him.
John 3
John 3:20-28